Re: assuming we don't have a 100x unicorn improvement in battery tech anytime soon ...

On Sat, 1 Aug 2026 12:05:15 -0400, Wilson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 7/31/2026 5:11 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:14:36 -0400, Wilson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 7/31/2026 2:31 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>> On 7/31/26 10:14 AM, Wilson wrote:
>>>>> On 7/31/2026 12:22 PM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>>> On 7/31/26 9:16 AM, Wilson wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There's this thing called ethics. The free market works best when
>>>>>>> the participants have a shared and broad ethical system that values
>>>>>>> (among other things) treating others fairly, the same way most of us
>>>>>>> want to be treated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> coercive border control certainly isn't treating people fairly u twat
>>>>>> lol
>>>>>
>>>>> Open borders, which drive down pay for the lowest earners, are
>>>>> certainly not treating the people who already live there fairly, you
>>>>> mental munchkin.
>>>>
>>>> errr ... so competing in an open labor market is now unfair because it
>>>> results in the market driving down the price of labor???
>>>>
>>>> that's exactly the market working as intended, what exactly is unfair
>>>> about it???
>>>>
>>>> what actual ethical principle has even been violated???
>>>
>>> Not allowing the owners to have a say in how things are run.
>> 
>> That becomes necessary when owners refuse to be ethical.
>
>What if your ethics don't align with those who decide they get to decide 
>what's ethical?

Lucky for me I didn't invent ethics.  

A common idea is that you don't ask a barber if you need a haircut.  A
corollary would be don't ask landlords what fair rent prices would be.
So what it comes down to is when people suggest that landlords should
decide such things, what you know is that shitslingers are afoot. Even
granma knows better than that.
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