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Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 31 March 2014 12:53:11AM 0 points [-]

So, if someone leaves food to rot in the fields, it of no concern whether there are institutional incentives that explain this action? We should just focus on the act itself, and not examine what forces produce it? And the issue is not whether some are harmed, but whether the total net effect is harmful.