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The potential advantages of taking ''this'' path one forgoes by taking ''that'' one. The principle underlying the proposition that one can’t ''have'' one’s cake, and ''eat'' it. | The potential advantages of taking ''this'' path that one forgoes by taking ''that'' one. | ||
The principle underlying the proposition that one can’t ''have'' one’s cake, and ''eat'' it. | |||
The JC is fomenting a theory that somewhere the notion of the opportunity cost has been lost to modern discourse. The idea that you can be ''this'' or ''that'', or ''neither'', but taking any of these [[option]]s and enjoying its [[Fruits of the contract|fruits]] means forgoing the alternatives, and ''their'' [[Fruits of the contract|fruits]], is one that appears not to have occurred to those under the age of thirty. | The JC is fomenting a theory that somewhere the notion of the opportunity cost has been lost to modern discourse. The idea that you can be ''this'' or ''that'', or ''neither'', but taking any of these [[option]]s and enjoying its [[Fruits of the contract|fruits]] means forgoing the alternatives, and ''their'' [[Fruits of the contract|fruits]], is one that appears not to have occurred to those under the age of thirty. | ||
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*[[Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about]] | |||
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