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From: janw@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Newsflash! [JoSH on Soci
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Date: Sat, 23-Nov-85 22:14:00 EST
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[tedrick@ucbvax]
>In general, the idea that a competitive market allocates resources
>well has a lot to be said for it, but the competition needs to occur
>within an overall framework of cooperation/regulation. Without
			        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>this regulation what is to stop the competitors from lieing,
      ^^^^^^^^^^
>cheating, stealing, destroying the environment, and killing each other?

You omitted "cooperation" the second time over. Can cooperation
go on *without* regulation from above ? That is the whole
question, isn't ? A lot of it does. E.g., unmoderated net.groups
do not dissolve in flames. Companies make products compatible
to each other. Cars on a road avoid collisions. All of these
are notoriously imperfect - but so are regulated systems.

People who want to do away with *government* don't want to
abolish *society*. And society, of course, means cooperation.

		Jan Wasilewsky