[ExI] Cephalization, proles--Where is government going?

Will Steinberg steinberg.will at gmail.com
Thu May 12 05:50:51 UTC 2011


On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Rafal Smigrodzki
<rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/5/11 Mr Jones <mrjones2020 at gmail.com>:
> ### If new nasty shit shows up in water, you can sue. If the value of
> the water is lower than the value of the gas, then the gas producer
> will have enough money to pay you off, and then some. If the harm
> inflicted by poisoning water (which in this case is purely
> theoretical) were higher than the benefit to gas consumers, the
> producer will be bankrupted.
>
> Self-regulation in action.
>

You live in a fantasy world.

Money does not equal quality of life.  Affected people cannot afford
to sue companies or are too disillusioned.  Not everyone knows how to
do perfect, economic cost-benefit analysis.  Does it even apply?  The
details of every transaction are obscured; the people are constantly
kept out of the loop and in debt.  They do not want dirty money to
keep drinking water.  They are angry.  These are insidious societal
problems that do not go away, only continue to cause damage as they
become less noticeable under a mass of red tape.



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