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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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Sun, 2 Jan 2000 08:19:58 GMT
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John DiRienzo wrote:
> > People weren't exactly able to get rich on the US frontier either just
> > through hard work and a vision. The only examples of people getting
> > rich off the frontier I can think off are the Texan oil-wells and the
> > California gold-rush, both of which involved mineral wealth (which
> > doesn't exist in virtual life), and much more luck than hard work, let
> > alone vision. Aside from mineral wealths, which can be "produced"
> > relatively easily, it would appear the only way to get rich off the
> > frontier was to wait till the farmers had done most of the real work
> > and move in then with investment money.
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> And where did those mineral seekers live? Who built their houses? Why
> were there towns, banks, saloons, stores? How did they get to those far off
> places? Who invested in these ventures? Did all of this magically produced
> or was it "produced"? ~Plenty~ of money was made on things other than
> minerals. ~Plenty~ of men got rich. It was even that hard, as long as you
> applied knowledge and worked. And its not that hard now, but should (and
> could) be easier.
Yes, in fact, very few MINERS got rich, but many of the support network DID.
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