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The difference here is whether or not folks are actually pro-social.

Do you care about other people’s wellbeing or not?

Most folks who are “against” things are against them because they perceive change as “bad for them”, and perhaps “good for people I dislike for historical and tribal reasons”

Civilization is a an endless series of Tradeoffs. Compromises. Loss of something in the short term in exchange for something better in the long term. If you aren’t willing to suffer in any meaningful way for your fellow human, eventually the entire bargain falls apart.



No! This is more about economies of attention, and about cognitive availability, than it is about deontology --- ethics are a trap here.


Both can be true at the same time.




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