Practically, whomping people has been successful for those with superior whomping power. Normatively, it’s a utilitarian net loss to whomp people and take their stuff.
I don’t think we’re disagreeing on anything important. “Normatively, it’s a utilitarian net loss to X” seems relatively complex to me, but the statement wasn’t hinging on how complicated the reason was.
I don’t think we’re disagreeing on anything important. “Normatively, it’s a utilitarian net loss to X” seems relatively complex to me, but the statement wasn’t hinging on how complicated the reason was.