freedom and equality seem to be opposites. natural freedom is natural (exponential) growth leading to exponential differences. a tree “explodes” upwards in a forest and monopolizes the bulk of light and resources
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this is the intuition behind why a 1% tax can end up reducing wealth by 45%. it “kills” the children that could’ve had children that could’ve had children etc... http://www.paulgraham.com/wtax.html
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it isn’t even stolen, it is killed. it’s not like the 1% tax is used to fund a similar firm with same expected return. it’s just extracted out to control inflation and redistribute wealth.
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this is the tricky bit... natural growth is exponential winner take all but so is cancer. how can you tell if a system is a lynchpin of the ecosystem (like trees) vs a cancer or virus?
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equality of outcome then is like chemotherapy. and chemotherapy is basically poison a useful tool, but not to be confused with a vitamin
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