[Ben] (previously)
The best government is one that best facilitates the creation/discovery of
dynamic quality while preserving static quality. It's a maximization
algorithm, wherein preservation of static quality trades off with
development of dynamic quality.
[Platt]
Yes, I agree.
[Ben]
Platt, I'd like to clarify just how capitalist you are, given the above
agreement as to the purpose of government. The education debate has shifted
to which function better between public and private schools, which stemmed
from a point I made about funding education as a whole. Is your favored
policy private school vouchers? Or is it to not fund education at all? By
my reckoning, there are some out there, who, upon having to pay the full
costs of their children's education, wouldn't do so. I'd think those kids
would have a greatly reduced chance of producing something with dynamic
quality. So I'd think government that seeks to maximize development of
dynamic quality has an interest in funding education.
I think this MoQ model favors greater government intervention than standard
utilitarian models do, since it favors policies that actively shift
individuals' preferences towards greater pursuit of dynamic quality.
Whether particular programs are effective/efficient remains an important
question, but overall I think the kneejerk capitalist position that all
government policies are bad clashes with the MoQ-based definition of
government.
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