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Re:A game theorist breaks down the effects of inequality by LaserToy on Sunday January 12, 2020 @09:47PM (#22031430)
I just took kids in Africa as an example of humans who are very far away and struggling. I find it unacceptable when people say that they respect human life, but what they actually respect is a life of their neighbor. If we say that human life has no cost we should be investing in saving more lives over lives of someone who lives close by.

And yes, the structure has everything to do with it.

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Re:A game theorist breaks down the effects of inequality by generalpass on Sunday January 12, 2020 @11:03PM (#22031722)
> I just took kids in Africa as an example of humans who are very far away and struggling. I find it unacceptable when people say that they respect human life, but what they actually respect is a life of their neighbor. If we say that human life has no cost we should be investing in saving more lives over lives of someone who lives close by.

> And yes, the structure has everything to do with it.

So, why are those humans over there struggling while the humans over here are not? What lead to this? The humans in the U.S. used to be very poor. How did they grow so rich?

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Re:A game theorist breaks down the effects of inequality by LaserToy on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @01:05AM (#22042266)
expluatation. What is your point?
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