[ExI] government corruption

[BillK]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Damien Broderick  wrote:
> Oddly enough, that's exactly what supporters of a public health system say.
>
> "Short-term effects"--the system Stathis and I are used to (which has its
> shortcomings, but not nearly as many as the US robber-baron-oligopoloy
> system) has been doing a good job for, oh,  25 years. Those are *long-term
> effects*. See e.g.
>
>


Quoting real live examples doesn't work for this type of theoretical argument.

Rafal admitted yesterday that the centuries of human evolution as a
social, combative species makes humanity unsuited for the anti-social
'loner' types of system supported by Rafal and Mirco. They are
discussing 'theory' not 'practice'.

Making many assumptions that don't exist at the moment, they design a
theoretical system that appears to be wonderful to them. Nit-picking
about messy human problems just spoils their fun.

A bit like Basil Fawlty - this hotel would run perfectly if it wasn't
for all these bloody annoying customers!


BillK