Using Government to Force

Well said.

Of course I have. What will you do when I close the doors?

I like it too. Can you have the reverse?

Sounds paternalist.

No…government force is not final any more than any other force is finals.

And yes…it did.

You can deny reality until the cows come home…that doesn’t turn reality into unreality.

Finally…again…game theory is math.

As Samson pointed out it is neither prescriptive or proscriptive.

:rofl:

Again - what will you do when you close your doors?

If you close, we both lose.

Ok… so?

What’s plain to see?

Does it have to be either/or?

workers rights are stupid.

Of course it is.

No, it didn’t.

Ok, so what?

What does that matter to you? You lost your job.

And so did you.

If you are a rational actor, working in your own interest, you won’t close your business out of spite.

Why didn’t you ask him that?

No, I gained cash.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: a unicorn.

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Are you trying to argue that closing your business out of spite is in your own financial best interest?

Without assuming the parties are rational actors working in their own best interest, game theory is useless.

so you don’t support stuff like law regulating where you can dump toxic waste.

Um, you answered your own question in the OP. In the Prisoner’s Dilemma, which is clearly the game theory you’re referring to, the first person to seek advantage from power wins.