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Comment by hackeraccount

3 days ago

Read Smith's Theory Of Moral Sentiment. Especially his comparison between reading about a faraway disaster and a more personal loss. It's been awhile but I think Smith would say there's a difference between how people would think about that choice and what they would do.

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micromacrofoot  2 days ago

sure this is why fascists often build systems that separate the act from the outcome

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