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From: William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: the future long term financial apocalypse of the USA
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 17:13:29 -0400
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D wrote:

> 
> The only regulation that is necessary for two people to transact is what 
> they agree upon.


This being  a science fiction newsgroup, let's consider your decisions 
when you are sent back to London in 1870.

You are hungry, and want some bread.

Which of the following do you expect to find in your bread?

(1) Grain
(2) Yeast
(3) Chalk
(4) Alum
(5) Plaster of Paris.

Do you "agree" with the bakery that you want Alum in your bread? Do you 
even know it is there?   In what sense is your consumption of Plaster of 
Paris an agreed upon transaction if you have no way of knowing it is there?

Full of nourishing wheat with extra chalk, you  rent a room in a new 
building with cheerful bright wallpaper.

How much Arsenic is in the room?

(1) Trace amounts
(2) One pound
(3) Two pounds
(4) Three pounds
(5) Four pounds
(6) Five pounds.

At what point did you agree to  rent a room infused with 3.7 pounds of 
Arsenic? For that matter, did your landlord agree to poison his tenants 
when he bought the wallpaper, or did the manufacturer keep silent on 
just how much Arsenic was needed for those vivid colours?




William Hyde