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CellBioGuy comments on Crazy Ideas Thread - October 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CellBioGuy 10 October 2015 12:52:55AM 1 point [-]

The general hypothetically good idea of a government is to have one group that can do duch things for the common good and to avoid coordination problems. It often doesnt exactly fulfill that role, but that is an endightment of their behavior rather than license for other groups to behave the same.