[ExI] Don't be evil

[Dan]

I hope you jest. :)

Regards,

Dan


----- Original Message ----
From: Lee Corbin <lcorbin at rawbw.com>
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Tue, March 23, 2010 11:41:01 PM
Subject: Re: [ExI] Don't be evil

Dan wrote:

> Even were that so, that would not be "Capitalism" making choices. It would be people acting in a market making choices. This is sort of like saying Science runs experiments or has debates. The truth is people run experiments and debate about the data or theory.
>  And this brings up a more general point. It's not markets that do things. It's people. People act and when they interact voluntarily, markets are what we might see

Jesus Christ! What are you trying to do, start a flame war?
Unregulated voluntary economic interactions are precisely what
has led to this worldwide condition so objectionable to so many
people. (In Germany, it is known as "American conditions".)
Of course, we don't see suggestions here to outright replace
it with socialism, or with anything.

But *something* has to be better than unregulated voluntary
economic exchanges between individuals!  :-)  That's so evil.

Lee

> -- though markets are hardly the only form of voluntary interaction. When they interact involuntarily -- i.e., coercively -- what we see is statism or some form of one person or group abusing another person or group.
>  Regards,
>  Dan