Few literally believe that all humans are worth the same or that competition to sort them by worth is an absolute evil.
The disagreements all concern how long you can pause competition to enjoy wins. The answer depends not on ideology but on whether you’ve recently won or lost.
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So that’s why so much political discourse feels off to me, I might actually believe some version of this.
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“People’s value to themselves is morally relevant, not just their value to society as a whole or to any third party. Therefore, sorting people by worth is incoherent and wrong.” <— the far end of some kind of communist/Randian horseshoe theory
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Exactly! And univesal basic income is an effort to effect this pause.
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My eyeballs read, "... to enjoy wine." I think it is an improvement.
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