Re: Money 1, Justice 0: was: Bugs in free markets.

From: John Clark (jonkc@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Sep 04 2000 - 22:09:59 MDT


Paul Hughes <paul@planetp.cc> Wrote:

>the biggest bug in our so-called free-market is that everything is up for
> grabs (freedom, justice)

Well yes, but that's a feature not a bug. The best way to maximize anything
is to make it a commodity, the market does exactly that with freedom and
justice.

>where he with the most money wins.

Somebody is going to win it's just a question of who. Would you would prefer
dictatorship where he who has the biggest gun wins, or democracy where he
who has the best haircut wins?

             John K Clark jonkc@att.net



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