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> Like what makes educated people more valuable as human beings?

On average, educated people contribute more value to the functioning of society. I can drive myself around. I can't perform my own heart surgery.

The argument that all humans are inherently equally valuable is specious reasoning. I can come up with all sorts of trolly car conundrums that if you were forced to choose, you'd make a value judgement about which person to save because they have more value.



We have enough money to make sure everyone can have a home, medicine, and food and water, even if you just drive a cab all your life.


Yes, but not any home wherever they want to live by themselves and not any medicine or medical treatment available.

Some things are scarce resources and should be priced accordingly.


Maybe instead of arguing about who deserves to get hit by the trolley, we should be changing the system that is tying people to the tracks.




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