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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:33:53 -0500 From: Soren Subject: Re: dbts: Privacy Fetishes, Perfect Competition, and the Foregone(fwd)

Is there some specific reason they need to be large scale or long lasting? 

Yes. There are the issues of human psychology which requires stable social institutions, there is the question of economic fragility if the market is too fragile or volatile. There is the question of long-term ownership of property and services. It's hard to run a business if you don't know what the rules will most likely be in a year or 10. There are lots of reasons that social and political institutions should be long-lived. ____________________________________________________________________ Lawyers ask the wrong questions when they don't want the right answers. Scully (X-Files) The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------