Resources Do Not Choose Our Priorities
Resources create capacity. They do not choose a priority list. A person or institution with substantial means can attempt things that would otherwise be impossible, but what should be attempted is another question.
That question involves values, rights, obligations, effectiveness, competence, risk, and disagreement about who should decide. A simple comparison of costs cannot settle it.
Sometimes a community lacks the means to address a problem. Sometimes it has substantial capacity but has not chosen, organized, financed, or implemented a workable response. Those are different situations.
Resources expand what can be attempted. Values and institutions still determine which possibilities become commitments.
