Re: Price gouging is beneficial. Price gouging is great!

Capitalist Pig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:43:46 -0500, Bob LeChevalier
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Absolutely.  My emotions render me superior to a machine.
>
>Isn't it funny the Universe had to wait billions of years to reach a
>stage where biological machines would be able to think clearly about
>itself, for those machines to decide to act like any other animal
>instead?

Human beings cannot think clearly about themselves.  They are biased
by self-interest.

>>"Reason" as in "philosophy" is totally dependent on the quality of the
>>axioms.  Those who argue it typically choose axioms based on whether
>>they support the results that the person wants.  Reject those axioms,
>>and you may end up with the opposite conclusion.
>
>The principle I start with, and one I am not willing to reject, is
>that individuals own themselves.

I don't accept that axiom, and indeed find it morally questionable
that the concept of ownership should apply to human beings at all.
Hence your philosophy is utterly worthless to me.

>Based on this principle, it's not
>difficult to conclude that price gouging is not immoral and should be
>illegal.

I agree that it should be illegal (or taxed 100%, which would
accomplish the same purpose and reduce the deficit), but I suspect
that you misstated.

lojbab
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