America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users

Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by f38zf5vdt on Saturday December 03, 2022 @01:18PM (#33845824)

There is a reason economics is called "the dismal science". Most resources on the planet are finite and their consumption is a zero-sum game. If one less drug addict means having the public resources to supply one more diabetic child with life-saving insulin, which would you choose?

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Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by mcguire on Saturday December 03, 2022 @02:31PM (#33846477)

Essentially all choices real people make are not economically optimal.

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Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by moonchrome on Saturday December 03, 2022 @06:05PM (#33848427)

> Most resources on the planet are finite and their consumption is a zero-sum game.

This is such a ridiculous viewpoint on a hacker forum. There are no intrinsic resources - iron ore is just a bunch of rocks, crude oil is a toxic sludge, Uranium is a bunch of radioactive ore.

Economy is not a zero sum game, it's about allocating current resources to expand future ones (AKA growth)

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Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by f38zf5vdt on Saturday December 03, 2022 @09:31PM (#33849958)

There is only one hospitable planet. Observe how we have treated it.

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Re:America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users by nkrisc on Saturday December 03, 2022 @08:09PM (#33849423)

That’s a false choice that doesn’t exist and nothing more than a thought experiment.

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