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Re:Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth: Ingrid Ro... by jimbokun on Friday February 02, 2024 @05:50PM (#39235534)
That's the problem.

It's not ethical to perform experiments on human subjects without their explicit consent.

That's why the Institutional Review Board was created:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_review_board

You can't just perform experiments on large groups of people to see what will happen.

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Re:Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth: Ingrid Ro... by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday February 02, 2024 @05:54PM (#39235567)
So in short, neither you nor I know what human nature is, and thus setting up criteria for social organization on whether it aligns with "human nature" is impossible, and a foolish goal.
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