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Re:How the Epidemic of Drug Overdose Deaths Ripples Across A... by CPLX on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @03:41PM (#10933829)
Or maybe they have been mercilessly trampled underfoot by a corporatist political system on a well funded and organized campaign to crush organized labor, prevent national health insurance, and remove support systems for the working class. There's nothing inevitable about this.
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Re:How the Epidemic of Drug Overdose Deaths Ripples Across A... by elenorelange on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @07:13PM (#10935120)
What's inevitable is that they were going to lose. Life is a struggle of all against all. For some people to win, others have to lose.
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Re:How the Epidemic of Drug Overdose Deaths Ripples Across A... by eropple on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @08:28PM (#10935434)
In no way is it nearly as settled as your sweeping generalization suggests. Pareto-efficient outcomes exist for so many things, why should they not for society?
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