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by LorenPechtel 371 days ago
Why is there so much focus on "fair" even when reality isn't?

Not all misdeeds are equally likely to be detected. What matter is minimizing the false positives and false negatives. But it sounds like they don't even have a base truth to be comparing it against, making the whole thing an exercise in bureaucracy.

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Who says reality isnt fair? Isnt that up to us, the people inhabiting reality?
Reality gives some people an easier time than others.

If reality were fair there would be no need of a welfare system in the first place.