but straight analogy from that to an abstract aggregate like "society" or "the taxpayers" is apples to oranges
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This comes up https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/crumbling-infrastructure … but ofc. it's propaganda on the other side.
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This is the group driving the claim: http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/
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and municipal records to see if residents are raising the issue in town meeting or whatnot
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This sounds like a lot of effort. It feels like libertarianism requires a lot of research and civic engagement.
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in the same way that getting fleeced requires less effort than not getting fleeced, sure, I guess
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otoh I've personally had to watch several people I was close to fall all the way through the holes in the US's "safety net"
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almost without exception the fact they implicitly trusted it to be there for them was a factor in that. not their *fault*, ofc
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How stupid of them to assume that their society would manifest minimal human compassion.
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correct. it was. next question: should stupidity be a death sentence?
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Of course not.
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