From: Ian Goddard (Ian@Goddard.net)
Date: Fri Oct 02 1998 - 20:32:59 MDT
William Gibson said:
> The future has arrived; it's just not evenly distributed.
IAN: Ergo: all power to the master distributor.
If people like the things Jones produces better
than the things Johnson produces, why should not
Jones receive and uneven quantity of monetary com-
pensation for his services from his neighbors? If
society values Jones more, he should receive more.
It seems to me that uneven distribution directed
by social (people) demand is inherently ethical.
Democratic votes in a political election are not
evenly distributed, so why must democratic votes be
evenly distributed in free-market selection? How can
we know what society wants if we cannot allow it to
reward with more money those who do what it wants?
Furthermore, consumer (people) directed distribu-
tion has proven to maximize net social welfare.
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