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1997-11-04 - Re: Why porn must be stopped at all costs, by Jodi Hoffman

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From: berezina@qed.net (Paul Spirito)
To: Lizard <lizard@dnai.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-11-04 02:51:33 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 10:51:33 +0800

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From: berezina@qed.net (Paul Spirito)
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 10:51:33 +0800
To: Lizard <lizard@dnai.com>
Subject: Re: Why porn must be stopped at all costs, by Jodi Hoffman
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Lizard wrote:

>But what we actually have is countless pluralities voting to rob each 
>other. The game would work, except for entropy, in the form of 
>transaction costs. With each theft from one group to the other and 
>back again, some money is lost -- so the tension between groups 
>increases as each demands a larger share of a smaller pie.

No -- you've got it *almost* right -- the negotiating pluralities, entropy
(as metaphor!), & all... but the pie is growing (at between 2% & 3% per
annum). So nearly everyone's content -- enough not to shoot each other,
anyway.

Paul

Her name was Julie; she wore Batman sneakers,
And she laughed when she sang,
"Money can't buy me love!"
North of Petaluma where the 1 meets the 101 --
Oh man, we took a lot of drugs...

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