At 04:32 AM 4/4/98 +1000, you wrote:
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>>I conclude that we have little to lose, in that case.
>
>What you have to lose is whatever the cost of converting the current
>system into an anarcho-capitalist system is. Don't get me wrong, if you
>found this magical way of making the world an anarcho-capitalist arena,
>i'm right behind you, but i don't see the point in striving for some
>almost-unatainable system which i think is likely to naturally degrade to
>the present system.
I agree that this cost would be born... I said that we have little to
lose, not nothing to lose. However, there is much, much more to be gained.
The degree to which this system is "attainable" is currently the subject
of debate.
>They are both likely to be false due the same reason: you prefer the other
>PPA because you are going to pay less than you do now,
Not at all! In this particular case, I prefer the other PPA because it
isn't TYRANNICAL, remember? I think it's safe to presume that I'm prepared
to pay at least as much as I'd pay a tyrannical PPA in exchange for my
freedom.
>which means that
>the potential profit for that other PPA is lower than the current profit
>of your current PPA,
Once I have made the decision to switch PPAs, my current PPA gets no profit.
>which means that your current PPA will spend more
>money keeping you than the other PPA will in trying to "free" you.
If I'm prepared to spend more money for a more liberal PPA, this whole
argument goes straight out the window.
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