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Except that does not happen. For example, https://www.shareable.net/disaster-collectivism-how-communit...

“When a disaster strikes, like the flooding in Houston [after Hurricane Harvey], for example, you see everyday people pouring out all this generosity and solidarity,” says Christian Parenti, associate professor of economics at John Jay College in New York City. ...

"This idea is reinforced by author Rebecca Solnit in her landmark book, “A Paradise Built in Hell,” in which she explains that, “in the wake of an earthquake, a bombing, or a major storm, most people are altruistic, urgently engaged in caring for themselves and those around them, strangers and neighbors as well as friends and loved ones.”

Okay, it does happen in Siege of Leningrad conditions where people will murder for a ration card, but even then it was not something people were just going around and doing.




It's entirely fair to say it's not rational, but that is the justification for having defensive weapons.


An irrational justification does not automatically make something a "good idea", which was the claim.


I never claimed it was a good idea. You made a list of reasons why it doesn't work and left off the primary one I've heard of. I mearly responded with that option and didn't add any cometary on if it's a good idea or not.


dlachausse did, at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43487126 , and that's what this thread is about.

Irrational concerns are a very different topic. That's why I have a special rock to keeps tigers away.




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