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

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From: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
To: Paul Spirito <berezina@qed.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-11-04 03:41:23 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 11:41:23 +0800

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From: TruthMonger <tm@dev.null>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 11:41:23 +0800
To: Paul Spirito <berezina@qed.net>
Subject: Re: Why porn must be stopped at all costs, by Jodi Hoffman
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Paul Spirito wrote:
> 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.

Close, but no cigar...
Actually, life is a pyramid scheme, people exist to provide fodder for
MLM marketing ventures, and I have 'dibs' on the last living tree.

TruthMonger

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