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Are you worried about a meat shortage due to hacking?   The Consumer You: Marketplace

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WALTER784

From: WALTER784 

6/18/21

$1,661.87 in cats (ROCKETMAN_S) said...

Jerry Pournelle's iron law of bureaucracy comes to mind.

Yep...

Now that's a name I haven't heard in quite a while. I used to hear people from all over the world quote him but that was 12 ~ 15 or more years ago.

FWIW

WALTER784

From: WALTER784 

6/18/21

$1,661.87 in cats (ROCKETMAN_S) said...

Things would be like Zimbabwe or Venezuela. Or the Weimar Republic.

Venezuela is the one I was mainly thinking about. They used to be quite a rich country... probably the most prosperous in Central America... but now look at them.

FWIW

WALTER784

From: WALTER784 

6/18/21

Showtalk said...

Oh, that is how it works.  Thank you. 

Are you serious?

It's all produced from crude oil!

FWIW

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From: Showtalk 

6/19/21

It’s called humor.

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