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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] totalitarian techniques<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/11/2021 22:20, Spike wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>>>…Use a legal system to limit any individual’s power. Use capitalism to bring up everyone’s wealth.</span><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>…<o:p></o:p></p><p>>…If you doubt that our existing systems fail us, just consider how they are tackling climate change. Short answer: They aren't. We won't stop it, we'll have to adapt to it. Probably very poorly. And guess who will suffer the most Ben<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Ben, the problem is using the wrong tool for that job. We shouldn’t be attempting to use a legal system to combat climate change. We should be using market forces to do that. So far, markets haven’t chosen that as a high priority.<o:p></o:p></p><p>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>