RE: R&D Re: Europe, the US, and Environmentalism

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

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> Van: camplate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Thursday, July 19, 2001 4:59 AM
> Aan: brin
> Onderwerp: RE: R&D Re: Europe, the US, and Environmentalism

> Do you have any idea why we'd rather let the government decide on that?
> It's because the government (ideally) goes for the option that benefits
> society most, while the market will go for the option that results in 
> the highest profits.


> Ahem. There's a whole lot of angels that can dance on that pin you call
> 'ideally'. Your right, that's the difference. That's why the US was
> created, because we didn't want a government deciding for us what was 
> best all of the time, or even part of the time. Benifits society most,
> blhhh. 

> "The government has decided today

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Those examples you gave could happen in a dictatorship, not in a democracy.
You see, Kevin, that's why democracy is such a marvelous thing: if a
government would try something like you described, they would be punished
for it in the next election. So, crazy things like you mentioned just won't
happen in a democracy.


Jeroen

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