That's not what parent comment is arguing at all. But I don't see why not. Money very likely correlates with value to society and would be a better heuristic th

That's not what parent comment is arguing at all. But I don't see why not. Money very likely correlates with value to society and would be a better heuristic than pure randomness - which is also unfair. Although hopefully it never becomes an issue of course - these hypothetical situations where we get to actually choose who lives and dies rarely happen in reality. And obviously it violates cultural values, so would not be a good idea to actually try to implement.