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by stratos123 66 days ago
It makes quite a lot of sense to focus on reducing the risks of every human everywhere dying, rather than the risks of already existing oppression getting worse.
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No, you are deeply misunderstanding the issue. Creating a rivalrous good that powers fight over for control, then use violence to maintain control of, creating a global feudalism, is not "existing oppression getting worse". It actually makes the risks of every human everywhere dying far higher, and even if that doesn't happen, decreases global utility by a similar percentage (99%, instead of 100%). It could actually be worse, if average human utility becomes negative.