And sometimes the "sharing" that the "rich person" is supposed to be selfishly choosing not to do, is literally impossible (like Bloomberg giving every American a million dollars).
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
sometimes it's a weird hybrid, like: you *could* give all the money in your business's bank account to the poor. But then you would not have a business any more. Would you want everyone to do this? If so, where would the stuff come from?
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
I think "could this even work, if you were to do it?" is sort of a question at the wrong level of abstraction though. Actually modeling how you would carry out a plan is imagining yourself being powerful.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
I can imagine being in a headspace of "well, look, CLEARLY nobody is going to put me in charge, or loan me enough money to start a business. The people who get those opportunities are just qualitatively a *different sort of people than me*." (e.g. for class/race/gender reasons).
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
From that perspective, geeking out about how money works is a thing for the *kind of people who will ever be allowed access* to nontrivial amounts of money or credit or power. There's no point in my even touching those topics.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
So, of *course* I don't have accurate beliefs about how money or business works; that knowledge would be futile to acquire, because it's about a world I'm already locked out of. There's no "yum factor" to learning about it.
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Replying to @s_r_constantin
The thing is I think truly poor people usually understand prices a lot better than politicians do. If people are starving bc they can’t afford food, rioting etc. is a decent plan. But why doesn’t Cuomo seem to understand prices?
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Replying to @diviacaroline
(can you catch me up on what Cuomo did that means he doesn't understand prices?)
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Yeah sorry, lots of interlinked threads. It’s possible he does understand prices and is communicating strategically. My prior is against.https://twitter.com/diviacaroline/status/1245074224315658240?s=21 …
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Divia Eden @diviacarolineI’ve been trying to stop myself from tweeting this... It seems incredibly short-sighted and stingy to fight over the surplus from these trades. Who cares???? Lack of fiscal authority to buy is a real issue. “But what if the manufacturers profit” should not be a consideration. https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1245024479891329028 …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @diviacaroline
sorry to be dense but I need help understanding this. Sounds like Cuomo thinks that a single purchase from the US Government could negotiate a cheaper bulk rate from suppliers than 50 state governments buying separately?
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I'd naively expect the amount saved to not be that much, because you're already getting a huge "bulk rate" if you're buying supplies for a whole state, but I don't see how I could know a priori?
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Replying to @s_r_constantin @diviacaroline
The problem is missed fills as suppliers all get orders they cannot fill from every state and have to prioritize vs. matching the suppliers to the states
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