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by mieseratte 2497 days ago
> I never hear this criticism when devaluing our currency to go to war or subsidize large business.

Oddly, I hear it all the time.

Perhaps two wrongs don't make a right.

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It is wrong to redistribute to those born into poverty, countries exploited for their resources, and those living around toxic industrial externalities?

Maybe, from a libertarian "I got mine"/"I did this all on my own" attitude. But, damn that is a simplistic, selfish outlook