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

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Msg 51 of 54 to $1,661.87 in cats (ROCKETMAN_S)ROCKETMAN_S

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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

Msg 52 of 54 to $1,661.87 in cats (ROCKETMAN_S)ROCKETMAN_S

In reply toRe: msg 48

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