I also love that you're claiming I am saying we shouldn't try to make the world better and that they are 100% at fault. No where in any of my notes have I said that the system is perfect and the people in a bad situation are completely to blame. I feel like that should be pretty damn obvious, I constantly talk about the evils of fiat. But what you're saying to them is effectively "None of this is your fault, but also you have no hope or ability to fix it. Sorry!" And that, I think, is a massively disrespectful thing to say to someone.

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What would you say to a cancer patient on their death bed? "You have a week to live, try to get your kids to come to town." or "You can beat this, I believe in you! Put all your remaining time and energy into doing pushups!" The worse a person's situation, the more important it is to be honest with them so they can make appropriate choices according to their own system of values.