Main thrust of the thread aside, disassociating virtue from the cheapest thing bothers me. It is a virtue to prioritize having your own house in order. Too many buy free-range eggs and then claim they can't make ends meet. Kindness at the expense of others.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1327662938979647494 …
There's always consequences of all choices that may require going for people who made different choices. It's their choice then whether to give it, and under what conditions. Taxation aggregates and socializes this so that we all get some slack for our decisions.
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If you, for eg. have a bias towards self-reliance, your choices may be robust to some consequences, but you may create harder choices for others (including chickens if you grant them personhood). That's the definition of a negative externality.
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Power is not having to deal with the negative externalities of your own choices. It's okay to seek power, but it shouldn't be confused with virtue. You may act in ways that never require you to ask for help, but you might still act in ways that force others to. Moral hazard.
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