Elizabeth comments on Power Buys You Distance From The Crime

[Elizabeth]

I’m having trouble responding because I don’t understand your cruxes.

I likewise don’t think that most blame goes to people had power but failed to stop a harm—it goes to people who were active in the harm ( ideally; but often people who are active near the harm, even if not causal.https://​​www.lesswrong.com/​​posts/​​YRgMCXMbkKBZgMz4M/​​asymmetric-justice ).

Are you arguing that in practice people blame the nearest person rather than the most powerful, or that this is theoretically or optimal, or some third thing? Because I agree that that’s what happens, my argument is that it is wrong. If you disagree, can you share your cruxes for why I am wrong/​something else is correct?

[Dagon]

Mostly that this is what happens, and it wasn’t clear whether you were describing the same thing, or your preferred configuration.