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A better argument: People will always try to dupe, deceive, get rich and get their way. Capitalism is - so far - the best way to channel at least some of that energy into building something productive for society as a whole.


Second best. I think UBI + Open Source beats it over time. And I have examples to prove my point … you are welcome to provide some the other way:

  Wikipedia vs Britannica, Encarta

  NGiNx and Apache vs IIS

  OSS browser engines vs IE

  Science va Alchemy

  etc.


Regulatory Capture ruins this.


The taxi drivers had the regulatory capture in this case




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