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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

so equality (of outcome) means that there needs to be constant force exerted to keep everything in balance. this constant force is like a prison.

life is exponential because life produces copies of itself that produce copies of itself and so on any force that forces inequality thus works by culling this kind of life

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