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By that logic even criminals are of value to an economy. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do everything in our power to prevent crime.
by spiderfarmer 2y ago
By that logic even criminals are of value to an economy. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do everything in our power to prevent crime.
- SequoiaHope 2y agoActually we certainly should not do everything in our power to prevent crime. The net costs would be way too high. We tolerate a certain amount of crime on purpose because preventing all preventable crimes would be prohibitively expensive and restrictive on society.
- spiderfarmer 2y agoThe fact that we have to pick and choose how to best prevent crime does not mean the crimes themselves are beneficial to our economy. And like I said in my original comment, at this scale it’s easy (and relatively cheap) to ban mining activities that don’t benefit society as a whole.