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  • $\begingroup$ Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. $\endgroup$
    – Tim B
    Commented Mar 10, 2017 at 11:36
  • $\begingroup$ Lawmaking would be another division, unlimited material access is not the same as equal treatment under the law. $\endgroup$
    – John
    Commented Mar 12, 2017 at 15:32
  • $\begingroup$ Your basis for many of the issues you are outlining seems to be, " the only reason why people perform positive actions is for personal (monetary) gain." The same way there will be serial killers, there will logically be people who want to stop them, and in the described society have the resources to do so. Same for doctors and researchers $\endgroup$
    – Josh Taub
    Commented Aug 14, 2017 at 22:28
  • $\begingroup$ @JoshTaub Look up the concept of 'homo economicus'. Like many concepts in economic study, it is a ridiculous concept that doesn't describe any single person in the history of the universe, but does a half decent job of describing the population in aggregate. $\endgroup$
    – thegreatemu
    Commented Aug 14, 2017 at 22:49
  • $\begingroup$ @thegreatemu I'm sorry, but I can't read your answer for some reason, can you please repost it? $\endgroup$
    – Josh Taub
    Commented Aug 16, 2017 at 2:06