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Re:Why a Dutch court stopped high school students from swapp... by gpvos on Saturday May 19, 2018 @11:21AM (#17108222)
> More people would be better off if you allowed swapping.

Please give a worked-out example, based on a watertight definition of "better off".

> But because some people would not be better off they don't allow it for anyone.

As far as I understand, the system is now set up so that if they allowed it, and taking human behaviour into account, overall more people would be worse off than better off.

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Re:Why a Dutch court stopped high school students from swapp... by michaelcampbell on Saturday May 19, 2018 @12:16PM (#17108478)
Please show how the current system is better than what he proposed, based on a watertight definition of "better off".

You've proposed a constraint that can't realistically be achieved.

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