@St_Rev @GabrielDuquette This doesn't even have to imply the tribe was growing faster than the land could provide (but probably)
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Replying to @david_kenneth_d
@david_kenneth_d@GabrielDuquette Holding prices at 50 or 40 levels is a false compromise. Interfering is a terrible mistake.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette What if you simply asked the apple merchants to not spike the prices so much? This doesn't have to be coercive.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @david_kenneth_d
@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette Say I was king, that would be my first stab at the problem. I would be trying to prevent food riots/war.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @david_kenneth_d
@david_kenneth_d@GabrielDuquette Good intentions led to the Holodomor.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette How would you prevent riots and/or citizens just curbstomping the food producers then in a desperate chimp fury?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @david_kenneth_d
@david_kenneth_d@GabrielDuquette If things are that bad, probably start shooting people. And yes I say this as an anarchist.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette eeeeeeee. I wish the merchants would just sell at 50 for a bit! I suppose Gabriel is right tho never this simple.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @david_kenneth_d
@david_kenneth_d@GabrielDuquette Notice that effect of letting prices rise to natural level is it incentivizes the hell out of alternatives2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette Definitely. My only rub really is the initial problem of people starving to death.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@david_kenneth_d @GabrielDuquette Economics tells you how to find the least bad ending. Blaming economics is shooting the messenger.
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Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@GabrielDuquette I'm kind of just talking about using the social economics of asking merchants not to impose lethal price shocks0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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