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A comment on Peter Norvig's Economic Simulation (2018). Parent comment

Re:Peter Norvig's Economic Simulation (2018) by kebman on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:00AM (#22391620)
Redistribution, by whose power? Who has the right to decide what gets redistributed, and why? Is there a way to redistribute that is objectively fair?
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Re:Peter Norvig's Economic Simulation (2018) by sideshowb on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:17AM (#22391729)
That's a good question. The veil of ignorance concept espoused by Kant, Hobbes, Rawls among others is a good place to start imo.
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Re:Peter Norvig's Economic Simulation (2018) by BlueTemplar on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:14AM (#22391703)
The State endowed with its power by the citizens. What would be "objectively fair" ?
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