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    Any patterned principle requires an authority empowered t... — Carmelics
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    Supports→No end-state or patterned principle of distributive justice can be continuously realized without continuous interference with people's lives.

    Any patterned principle requires an authority empowered to continuously monitor, intercept, and redirect these emergent transactions to restore the target distribution.

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    • 1.Market transactions naturally concentrate outcomes; without intervention, initial advantages compound, making equal distribution impossible to maintain.
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    • 2.Historical attempts at patterned distributions (progressive taxation, zoning) required continuous enforcement, proving Nozick's 'Wilt Chamberlain' objection correct.
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    • 3.Emergent systems (evolution, markets) lack inherent teleology; achieving sustained patterns requires external agents with monitoring and corrective capacity.
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    • 1.Decentralized mechanisms (property rights, reputation, competition) maintain patterns without central authority—markets self-correct toward stability.
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    • 2.Continuous monitoring creates moral hazard and information problems worse than the original distribution problem it aims to solve.
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    • 3.Some patterns (spontaneous orders) emerge precisely *because* no central authority directs them; authority would destroy their efficiency.
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