• seeigel@feddit.org
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    21 days ago

    Yes, and that’s why competition is needed so that the ‘as much rent as possible’ is minimized. I am not arguing against a helpful society. We don’t exchange goods for compassion but for money so we need competition.

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      21 days ago

      We don’t exchange goods for compassion

      We actually do that all the time. Altruism takes many forms. Or if you wanna be a nerd you can call it Mutual Aid.

      Edit: sorry I’ll stop pecking at you, it also took me a long time to deprogram from “Keynesian/Chicago economics is 100% right about human behavior.”

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        21 days ago

        I wouldn’t mind switching to a society that is built on altruism. My point is that the EU is not an inherent benevolent government. These regulations will be abused and I believe that there would be less abuse if we spent the resources on infrastructure that allows the consumers to make better decisions.