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Re:The Income Rich Take One For The Team. Thanks! by jacques_chester on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @04:28AM (#4995944)
It is exactly as selfish as I spun it. That's what "I won't give you X without receiving Y" means.

I'm not judging, I'm exactly the same. I'm much happier if everyone else is beggared at the same time in the same way.

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Re:The Income Rich Take One For The Team. Thanks! by arn on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @04:38AM (#4995963)
Not sure if selfish quite captures it. It's more practical consideration. I'll give you X, if everyone else is also giving you X. Otherwise, my X won't make any difference.
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Re:The Income Rich Take One For The Team. Thanks! by jacques_chester on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @04:51AM (#4995986)
Looking at again: it's a variant of the prisoner's dilemma. If everyone moves, nobody is worse off. If you move on your own, you are worse off. If everyone else moves and you don't, you're best off.

Unsurprisingly, the dominant strategy is to write blog posts saying "we really ought to amend the taxation laws" :D

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Re:The Income Rich Take One For The Team. Thanks! by jdotjdot on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @08:03AM (#4996416)
I don't find this to be negative, though.
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