From: Billy Brown (ewbrownv@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Aug 25 1999 - 21:54:28 MDT
O'Regan, Emlyn wrote:
> I'm not suggesting war. I'm suggesting cooperative, cartel situations used
> to economically crush states who earn the ire of groups of others. This
can
> be used exactly as warfare, with similar results!
In the absence of force it is virtually impossible to make this kind of
tactic work. In a free market, all the traditional 'control the market'
gambits simply impoverish the would-be monopilist and benifit his
competitors.
The only exceptions I can see would be in the case of rare natural
resources. Since we need large-scale space colonization to get this project
off the ground (sorry, couldn't resist), and we aren't going to have that
until around the time nanotech becomes feasible, there isn't likely to be
any such thing. Therefore, problems with monopolists are highly unlikely.
Billy Brown, MCSE+I
ewbrownv@mindspring.com
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