• Hello Hotel@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    but they will be making decisions in the same social context; facing the same incentives and disincentives.

    Yes, but with the added context they could be murdered. The fear may make them be more careful not to anger people like that. But the rich already got ritch by perverse incentives and refusal to be dependant on the freedom and happyness of others. The people around him will say, “see! This is why we need to further decrese the socially accepted set of activities for civilians to mostly just working, eating, laughing with friends, buying things for pleasure and enjoying (or coping by using) a distraction.”

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      16 days ago

      An armed society is a polite society. I’ve never believed that. I still don’t. There doesn’t seem to be much of a connection between gun ownership and access to health care.