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> You've actually created a situation where only those who provide value to others get to choose society's direction... "Providing value to others" does not ne

• grinnbearit 12y ago
  As yummyfajitas says, marginal utility not overall value. The first superman in Metropolis can charge a huge amount for his services, the second, perhaps half that. Every subsequent superman will add less utility to Metropolis and be paid less. Every Superman is paid an amount equivalent to his marginal utility to Metropolis.
• waps 12y ago
  Plus this was effectively the situation for several centuries. So we know perfectly well what happens. It is decidedly different from equality for all. But it goes back to the basic motivation for everything. People are motivated by one of two things : political goals (promoting something, can be themselves, but that just makes it a small goal, not non-political), or economic goals. The problem is that today, the economy, if left 100% to it's own devices would probably kill somewhere north of 50% of the human population for being an economic net-negative. The problem with political motivations ... we all know that one.