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16 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 October 2012 12:41AM

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Comment author: FiftyTwo 30 October 2012 12:01:56AM 0 points [-]

I confess the example was facetious. But I still can't empathise with the intuitive dislike of interference. I understand there are pragmatic considerations (e.g. choosing a good doctor) but this seems to go beyond that to being a value in and of itself (thus the original example of it not being a utopia if its run by an interfering government).

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 November 2012 04:58:18PM 1 point [-]

Well it won't be. Without the threat of leaving the government has little incentive to intervene benevolently.