 However, according to Nozick, everything else is not quite equal. Some of these independent individuals or agencies may have adopted moderately risky procedures because they (or their clients) cannot afford more fastidious procedures. According to Nozick, if we had “a theory of disadvantage” (82), it would tell us that these independents (or these clients) will be disadvantaged by the dominant association’s interference with those moderately risky procedures. They will be disadvantaged even though they are only engaged in (or subscribing to) procedures that might infringe on others’ rights. So, Nozick concludes, the suppression or mitigation of the procedures engaged in (or subscribed to) by these independents must be accompanied by compensation for disadvantages imposed upon them. Thus, we arrive at Nozick’s principle of compensation: