[tz] Some thoughts about the way forward

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Fri Sep 24 14:58:06 UTC 2021


On 9/24/21 7:06 AM, Mark Davis ☕ wrote:
> By the fact that you are completely dodging the question ("A person in
> Kenya will be better off by having Oslo merged with Berlin because:..."), my
> only conclusion can be that in fact you have no answer

Yes I do have an answer. Fairness is not about whether A would be better 
off if a change is made. It's about how A is treated relative to B.

If the US government routinely made payments of $1000 to every 
registered Republican voter, that'd be unfair regardless of the fact 
that Democrats would live their lives just as before.

It's pretty weird that I have to explain this, to be honest.


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