@SamoBurja What would be the formalist response to this problem?
@AvengingRedHand @SamoBurja If a human has the right to be kept alive, that is a power of a sort—a liability on the state’s balance sheet
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@anomalyuk@SamoBurja Do we need to posit a 'right' here or can we just keep them alive out of the goodness of our hearts? -
@AvengingRedHand@SamoBurja Or for other reasons (Moldbug scrabbles a bit), but any reason creates the liability. …http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/dire-problem-and-virtual-option.html … -
@anomalyuk@SamoBurja OK but is it always and everywhere unformalist to not maximise state profits? -
@AvengingRedHand To@SamoBurja's original point: Moldbug’s attempt to put support for the indigent on a formalist foundation is non-trivial -
@anomalyuk@SamoBurja Wait, is the question whether formalism *demands* said support or whether it *allows* it? -
@AvengingRedHand@SamoBurja I think both are in question. MM argues for the demand, but is not at his most convincing. -
@anomalyuk@SamoBurja Ah. I have a vague recollection that he claimed ppl would not want to live in a state that turned the poor into oil? -
@AvengingRedHand@SamoBurja which is not a bad argument, though one can imagine scenarios where it doesn’t hold. - 1 more reply
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