[ExI] Mono or Poly?

[efc at disroot.org]

On Mon, 24 Feb 2025, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Feb 2025 at 19:04, efc--- via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 24 Feb 2025, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:
>>>
>>> Looking at history, it doesn't matter which option we say we prefer.
>>> Plenty of people will prefer the other option, and conflict ensues.
>>> Monocrops saved millions from starvation.
>>> All options benefit some people, and conflict ensues again.
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>> Hmm, to pick one example, I think markets is one where everyone, including
>> monopolists (over time) have benefited. Everyone on the planet, no matter
>> if it's a dictator, democrat or a peasant, reap the benefits of capitalism
>> in the form of lower cost of living, better technology and so on.
>>
>> I find that only if you zoom in on small stretches of time, would you be
>> able to credibly argue, that the counterpoint would be valuable.
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>
> Sure, now all you've got to do is persuade all the people that don't
> agree with you.  :)
> It takes more than just having a logical credible argument for support.
> Otherwise, all the problems around the world would disappear in 5 minutes.

Well, fortunately for me, I only need to conern myself with the people on 
this list, and I think the likelihood of a logical argument succeeding is 
higher on this list, than in society at large. ;)

> BillK
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