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From: Titus G <noone@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here...
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 16:20:58 +1300
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On 11/11/24 08:46, William Hyde wrote:
> D wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
>>
>>> D wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug
>>>>>> users on the street.
>>>>>
>>>>> Parts of it, yes.
>>>>>
>>>>> I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or
>>>>> vagrants.
>>>>>
>>>>> This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a
>>>>> beating, and dumped them in the next county.  Somebody else's problem.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the
>>>> problem! =)
>>>
>>> So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is
>>> illegal and hurts people you dislike.
>>
>> Nope... the correct interpretation is that as long as I have to endure
>> government and having my money stolen in the form of taxes, I prefer
>> that it does something that aligns with my interests. Shipping drug
>> users somewhere
>> else would align with my interests, so there you are correct.
> 
> So violence to other people doesn't bother you, as long as it is in your
> interests.
> 
> Clearly, if  there were no government, you and like-minded people would
> hire some thugs to beat up the indigent and send them to other areas.
> 
> Because it aligns with your interests.
> 
> Like-minded people in those areas would also hire thugs to beast up the
> indigent and send them to your area.  Eventually the thugs would realize
> that it would be less work just to beat you up and take your money.  And
> you'd have a government again.
> 
> William Hyde
> 
> 

Perhaps Haiti would be the most suitable capitalist option for D?