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points by saghm 4 days ago | 0 comments
For every bet, there's one person who finds value, and another who doesn't. Neither of those alone are sufficient to determine value to society as a whole.
[–] bethekidyouwant 4 days ago
who decides? (always by definition an authoritarian)
[–] JumpCrisscross 4 days ago
> who decides? (always by definition an authoritarian)

By this measure any regulation of a commons is authoritarian. Fortunately, societies with this attitude tend to bee-line their ways to ecological collapse.

[–] saghm 4 days ago
No, I don't think the common definition of "authoritarian" is "literally every possible form of government ever".