tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post700698928700681676..comments2023-08-24T18:26:14.508-07:00Comments on Pragmatarianism: Why Is Your Partner Cheating on You?Xerographicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978832439622230018noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4824790768118172625.post-74281276690058370112012-02-11T15:09:20.392-08:002012-02-11T15:09:20.392-08:00Xero,
Your assumption is flawed - that is, there ...Xero,<br /><br />Your assumption is flawed - that is, there is something wrong with the free market in provisioning goods for people.<br /><br />The free market is the best possible provider of goods for people - but it is NOT the only way goods can be provisioned.<br /><br />Theft is a very profitable way to obtain goods for one's self, which is why it is often the choice of many people. <br /><br />It is merely risky. The victims often resist.<br /><br />To mitigate the risk of theft, it becomes beneficial to make such theft appear LEGITIMATE - thus, the thief becomes rightful and those that resist the thief are "in the wrong".<br /><br />If you then present a game - where everyone has a "chance" a winning more stolen loot then lost to theft - it becomes easy to see why many entertain the game - even if most are losers at it.<br /><br /><br />As Bastiat quipped: Government is the fantasy that men can live off the effort of other men.Black Flagnoreply@blogger.com