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It's important to deal with reality as it is. Perhaps government is not always the best way to prevent poor people from starving to death.
by baggy_trough 3y ago
It's important to deal with reality as it is. Perhaps government is not always the best way to prevent poor people from starving to death.
- tomrod 3y agoIf we anticipate the private or nonprofit providers might perform poverty alleviation more optimally, we (1) massively duplicate fixed costs for logistics (2) ignore that a primary reason governments exist at all is to help prevent people from starving to death, despite it often being hijacked by powermongers Just gotta say, that's a pretty extreme position to take.
- mcculley 3y agoThe private charities that fill the gaps left open by government are another form of government, just not democratically elected. (I realized I was contributing to that problem by donating to local charities.)