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

On Sat, 1 Aug 2026 12:17:05 -0400, Wilson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>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.

And the group might see certain actions of landlords acting against
the best interests of the group.  So, irl, who decides?  The
landlords, of course, they having the wealth, also have the power.  So
they decide.

Some of us (particularly in the group) think that needs to change.

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