stackyFACTSIf you stand up at a concert, you get a better view. If everyone stands up, nobody gets a better view and everyone's legs just hurt. This is the fallacy of composition—the dangerous assumption that what is true or beneficial for an isolated individual remains equally true when applied to the entire aggregate system.
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