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Re: Fair Auction? (Was Re: Honest Capitalism)
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Mon, 13 Sep 1999 22:03:14 GMT
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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 20:53:49 GMT, "Richard Franks"
<spontificus@__no_spam_please_im_veggie__yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Desirable? Heck no. We live in the real world. In the real world
> > the person willing AND able to spend the most for something gets it.
> > That's the way it is, and that's the way it ought to be.
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> Real world ethics debate aside, does Lego-Distribution have to be so heavily
> tied to the real-world and the evolved Capitalism that we know today? If we can
> think of a fairer system for Lego, then why isn't that desirable?
Maybe I'm just on a different wavelength here, but I don't understand
this desire to disassociate one part of our lives from reality. I
work hard every day in the real world. I pay for goods and services
in the real world. I earn a wage in the real world. Why would I want
to try to adjust my mode of thinking, my value system, the way I count
things like money, etc, just to join in some self-imposed "fair" way
to distribute Lego.
Maybe *you* think this thing you've dreamed up is fair, but I don't.
Fair is when I can buy what I want if I'm willing to pay for it and
I'm able to afford it.
Throwing the word Capitalism around like it's some kind of evil thing
doesn't really have much of an effect on me at all. Doesn't impress
me, doesn't depress me, doesn't anger me, barely amuses me. It's
*reality* - and it works.
You can try to implement this thing if you want - and more power to
you if you get people to actually agree to abide by it's rules. But
in the end, you will still have people unwilling to participate, and
it is to those people the spoils will go - because in the end, money
talks, and pipedreams walk.
And please don't take this as the ravings of another deep pocketed
high spending Legomaniac. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
In fact, I'm the original cheap bast***d. But every now and then I
want something bad enough to pull out all the stops - and it is for
those times, those times when I step fully into the wonderful world of
capitalism, that I'd not join your little scheme.
--
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| I know some of what I'm going to say has been said before, but I say it again just to re-iterate. First: Only a small number of sets fit into the "so highly desired" that their price gets ridiculous. Very few are irreplaceable (ok, so the Metroliner (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Real world ethics debate aside, does Lego-Distribution have to be so heavily tied to the real-world and the evolved Capitalism that we know today? If we can think of a fairer system for Lego, then why isn't that desirable? Richard (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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