Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 19 days agoThe best argument for altruismlemmy.worldimagemessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down117
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minus-squarePilferjinx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoIt’s like I’m happier when the people around me are happy. If you don’t tread on me, I won’t tread on you.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·18 days agoPeople often are not happy if they live in poverty. The libertarian solution to that is essentially “stop being poor.”
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-218 days agoAnd it works! It does require not shitting on the education systems and getting many other things right. But directly helping poor people clearly doesn’t work in any real way in making them not poor.
It’s like I’m happier when the people around me are happy. If you don’t tread on me, I won’t tread on you.
People often are not happy if they live in poverty. The libertarian solution to that is essentially “stop being poor.”
And it works! It does require not shitting on the education systems and getting many other things right. But directly helping poor people clearly doesn’t work in any real way in making them not poor.