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Re: Justice for all.....
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Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:05:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
> When people are involved, nothing works as well in practice as it
> does in theory. Look at economics. You can do all sorts of nifty
> mathematical extrapolations with supply and demand, but once you
> involve actual people the rules don't work because they introduce
> too much chaos.
Since it's Christmas^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hthe Holidays, I figure I
should throw in this nugget for you debators. I also think
this is the problem with Libertarianism (is that a word?) In Theory
it sounds like a really good system, but it falls apart in practice
because of people. Plus maybe it needs to be a closed system like
those pesky thermodynamics thingies.
Enjoy,
Don
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| (...) It (in pure form) hasn't been tried in practice. (...) Why? Take as your base assumption that people are basically good, with some exceptions, and set up your system to reward goodness and punish badness. Suffering the consequences of your (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Charge anyone caught bribing smaller countries with war crimes? (...) Sorry, I blame my crappy US lack of education for that one. I meant the Balkans. (...) Yeah, but North Africa is geographically closer to Europe than the US. And there is a (...) (21 years ago, 22-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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