Mike Pearson, how come you're always one step ahead of me? Of course the market is rigged, it's just that one particular form of rigging is called "free". I guess the true genius behind the idea of freedom is the realization that if you make the cell big enough, the inmates won't be able to see the walls around them. Why give people freedom when an illusion of freedom works just as fine?

The alternatives mostly consist of rigging it differently. Maybe there's an exception

I'm sure there's an exception, but it's only available to people who don't have to sell their souls to feed their bodies.

• Freedom derives in part from social engineering (called laws) - carefuluniverse - July 23, 2003 - 06:47 UTC