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jimkleiber01/22/20253 repliesview on HN

Apathy is the only fair policy?


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nwienert01/22/2025

I am a bit apathetic towards giving generally wealthier people who made a bad financial choice a break, when weighed against all the different ways you could spend that money, yes.

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_heimdall01/23/2025

Maybe? That probably starts a definitional debate that isn't usually helpful. Is it apathetic to let nature, evolution, or markets do what they do best?

What is "fair" requires context. I could argue that nonintervention is fair or that a top-down, Marxist approach is fair depending on how "success" is defined.

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golergka01/22/2025

Yes. For the government, apathy and inaction is always the best possible policy.

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