[georgeplusplus]

There’s a lot to talk about here for sure and I read all your post it was very thoughtful.

I think the tools he is using is available to everyone. So it’s not like the others are at a disadvantage inherently but are choosing to be at a disadvantage. Should there be some sort of award for not using the tools? and if so, why?

I think your example about the system collapsing is dead on. But that’s proof of a bad system and not the questionable morals of the ones contributing to the collapse.

Also I would agree there is some social destructive dilema that occurs when you take shortcuts to get ahead of others. I spent my childhood growing up in low income areas of nyc, and the saying was as long as you get your piece, meaning whatever you need to do to survive is ok because at the end of the day you gotta feed yourself and your family. Think like selling illegal drugs for income. Sure you can feed your family with that money but the damage you are doing to your community will come around to affect you or your future family at some point. Where do you draw the line of bearing a responsibility to others?

I would argue that if they feel the need to sell drugs or are allowed to is a failure of the system as a whole instead of putting the blame on the person for working around the constructs of their community.