> Left wing thought, in my world, is creating the maximum benefit for the maximum number of people. We against "robbing peter to pay paul". But that's exactly

> Left wing thought, in my world, is creating the maximum benefit for the maximum number of people. We against "robbing peter to pay paul". But that's exactly what welfare is: robbing Peter to pay Paul! (yes, I'm aware that folks claim stuff like, 'ah, but if we rob Peter nicely than there's less risk of Paul robbing and killing him, so really Peter's expected value is higher if we rob him')