Hmm, I might be in the minority in thinking most of humanity are necessarily net free riders given our evolutionary survival model... and that’s not just okay, it’s great
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IIRC, lots of simulations show that free-riding usually caps at something really really low (~10%) to be effective. Too many free riders and the group you are free-riding off of is hurt. Ie there is an optimal, and very low, amount of parasites.
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Most of the free riding is off sunk costs paid by dead people
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The beneficiary of an inheritance isn't free riding.
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