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I don't know how you do your financial planning, but when I invest my money, I expect to see a return. I expect most folks do. Everything else falls out of that.


> when I invest my money, I expect to see a return

If that return is at the cost of the stability and welfare of society at large then sorry, but no. No-one "deserves" a return and nothing happens in a vacuum. Larger society comes first, full stop. Seems this is a lesson we humans forget, and need to collectively and painfully relearn, every few decades.


Larger society comes first, full stop.

Ah, the rallying cry of 20th-century tyrants. You can justify just about anything with that statement.


If you prefer to think of it in economic terms, you may consider disrupting societal stability as counterparty risk, writ large.




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