I don’t think “Moloch” is a good word for “People vote according to what they think is a morally good instead of voting in their own self interest”. People not voting in their self interest is good.
Charity means that an individual person who donates more money won’t have a significant effect by funding a big charity but a high person cost. On the other hand, raising the tax rate has a much lower personal cost for the amount of good that gets created. Paying for collective welfare collectively makes a lot of sense you believe it should be funded but don’t want to fund a disproportionate part yourself.
I don’t think “Moloch” is a good word for “People vote according to what they think is a morally good instead of voting in their own self interest”. People not voting in their self interest is good.
Charity means that an individual person who donates more money won’t have a significant effect by funding a big charity but a high person cost. On the other hand, raising the tax rate has a much lower personal cost for the amount of good that gets created. Paying for collective welfare collectively makes a lot of sense you believe it should be funded but don’t want to fund a disproportionate part yourself.