TheOnlyVertigo t1_itit7h5 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 11:18 PM

Reply to comment by FrmrPresJamesTaylor in A Proposal to Price Everything in the Currency of Child Lives Not Saved by phileconomicus

I’d love for it to be that simple.

But no complex system is, and the onus is on all of us to contribute to resolving the problem, and since the true ability to control public policy, on a global scale, is effectively out of the hands of the overwhelmingly vast majority of us because of competing groups that want the power to manipulate everything in their favor, we are basically screwed.

FrmrPresJamesTaylor t1_ititxk4 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 11:23 PM

Yes. Sorry, I was just ridiculing the concept by raising the fact that the sum total cost to “save all children” is actually within reach (it’s about 25% more than the US federal governments current year-to-date expenditure).

TheOnlyVertigo t1_itiu36s wrote on October 23, 2022 at 11:24 PM

My bad. Misunderstood your point.

FrmrPresJamesTaylor t1_itiu6s5 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 11:25 PM

No worries! It was probably too “low effort” for this sub to be completely honest.

TheOnlyVertigo t1_itiug0o wrote on October 23, 2022 at 11:26 PM

It’s easy to assume someone may be taking an opposing view of what you say on Reddit these days, given the sheer level of trolling you run across, I made a hasty conclusion.

I’m probably too dumb for this sub myself, but I like to think I’m at least a little bit intellectual on occasion.