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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA
Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 08:34:42 -0700
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On Wed, 22 May 2024 04:36:22 -0000 (UTC), Cryptoengineer
<petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

>D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>> On Mon, 20 May 2024, William Hyde wrote:
>>=20
>>> D wrote:
>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>> The only regulation that is necessary for two people to transact is =
what=20
>>>> they agree upon.
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> This being  a science fiction newsgroup, let's consider your =
decisions when=20
>>> you are sent back to London in 1870.
>>>=20
>>> You are hungry, and want some bread.
>>>=20
>>> Which of the following do you expect to find in your bread?
>>>=20
>>> (1) Grain
>>> (2) Yeast
>>> (3) Chalk
>>> (4) Alum
>>> (5) Plaster of Paris.
>>>=20
>>> Do you "agree" with the bakery that you want Alum in your bread? Do =
you even=20
>>> know it is there?   In what sense is your consumption of Plaster of =
Paris an=20
>>> agreed upon transaction if you have no way of knowing it is there?
>>>=20
>>> Full of nourishing wheat with extra chalk, you  rent a room in a new =
building=20
>>> with cheerful bright wallpaper.
>>>=20
>>> How much Arsenic is in the room?
>>>=20
>>> (1) Trace amounts
>>> (2) One pound
>>> (3) Two pounds
>>> (4) Three pounds
>>> (5) Four pounds
>>> (6) Five pounds.
>>>=20
>>> At what point did you agree to  rent a room infused with 3.7 pounds =
of=20
>>> Arsenic? For that matter, did your landlord agree to poison his =
tenants when=20
>>> he bought the wallpaper, or did the manufacturer keep silent on just =
how much=20
>>> Arsenic was needed for those vivid colours?
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>>=20
>>> William Hyde
>>=20
>> Needless to say, it is not very good business strategy to poison your=20
>> customers. I think that is all I will say about this thought =
experiment.=20
>> If you _really_ would like to seriously explore the why and how, I can=
=20
>> recommend excellent books.
>
>History shows that it works just fine.=20

Well, ignoring a little thing like the French Revolution, caused in
part by the quality of the bread the poor could afford.
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"