[chillacy]

I agree people are too quick to reach for labels like evil when the reality is that systems create incentives and groups of people follow incentives (basically don’t hate the player hate the game) and do an amazing job at rationalizing their actions as good (we’re all the protagonist of our own stories).

However we don’t have to throw in the towel and let these things run wild. If TurboTax exists by the grace of rent seeking and fixing tax filing at the federal level increases our overall productivity/happiness then we should try to change the system.