I've got to stop posting in the wee hours.
This post is meant to be entirely ironic; what I have said is the opposite
of my own opinion. I always forget that irony doesn't come across in text,
and given that many people here seem to actually take this position, I
figured I ought to be more explicit. I hope I didn't cause the wrong kind of
offense.
Emlyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Emlyn O'Regan" <emlyn@one.net.au>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 4:40 AM
Subject: Re: Bugs in Anarchy was: Bugs in Free-Markets.
> > To reiterate what I said earlier - the biggest bug in our so-called
> > free-market
> > is that everything is up for grabs (freedom, justice), where he with the
> > most
> > money wins.
> >
> > Paul Hughes
> > http://planetp.cc/
> >
>
> It's not a bug, it's a feature.
>
> The usual method of coping with this "bug" is to do a bit of redefinition,
> by saying that only those who deserve to get money actually get it. It's
> their reward for greatness. If they were undeserving, they'd have no
money.
>
> Of course, this means that those with no money are undeserving. Simple
> really.
>
> So maybe freedom, justice, power, privilege, are all up for grabs. That's
> good! It means they actually go to the deserving. If people really
deserved
> justice, say, they'd make a lot of money, and buy it. If they can't afford
> it, they are obviously lazy or stupid, or else haven't set their
priorities
> correctly. There's a great discussion of this idea in the archives
> somewhere, centering on a ficticious human liver-eating billionarre, which
> is rather enlightening.
>
> So where's the problem?
>
> Emlyn
> Let them eat cake.
>
>
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