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Patri Friedman recognized accuracy my
#FreeMarket arguments for#UCAP#polygamy in 2008: http://distributedrepublic.net/archives/2008/11/28/polygamy-libertarians-monogamy-marriage-marxism/ …
To clarify: polygamy may create more competition, but it's for a much weaker contract. Like fiverr/mturk vs. employment, may not be good.
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Not at all. Is Michael Jordan a "weaker basketball player" despite millions of basketball players? Rather,
#FreeMarket incentivizes BETTER -
If 10 men & 10 women, & 9 of the men are jerks,
#OMOW#MaritalSocialism disincentivizes 9 jerks from getting BETTER, robs women of choice -
I think we can do better, as a society, than having 9 women marry each guy in the top 10%, and dismissing the rest as jerks
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Ahh but that forgets how
#laissezfaire incentivizes, as the jerks WILL then grow up for women to have better choice as market equilibrates -
And let's also remember: ratio of men-who-want-to-marry-women to women-who-want-to-marry-men is smaller than ratio of number of men to women
End of conversation
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I just realized who you are making this tweet. It is good to tweet with you, Patri. I would love to discuss this more with you sometime.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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