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

On 7/31/2026 6:45 PM, dart200 wrote:
> On 7/31/26 1:14 PM, Wilson 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.
> 
> ummm ... why would "the owners" /want/ to override the principles of 
> free and open markets dud???
> 
> it brings prosperity for all, eh?

Because they might see certain actions as acting against their best 
interests, like collectivists do for instance.

The free market is not a god, but it is a useful principle.