by EnergyUnlimited » Sat 15 Nov 2008, 13:43:40
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ReverseEngineer', 'T')he problem you run into here is with your pricing structure and who if anyone will buy said prostitute's favors if as a whole the society is broke and people are more worried about EATING than they are about F*CKING. LOL. Also, why bother paying when rape is the more direct method?
I think, you are excessively pessimistic here.
You are assuming exceedingly fast collapse.
I think, it is unlikely unless we end up with atomic war etc.
I expect some sort of involuntary powerdown with fast collapse of various hubristic societal structures. I think, there will be some last ditch attempt to descend to sustainability in partially controlled fashion at least. Some draconian laws are going to be implemented (and ruthless coercing of debtors to stick to their contractual obligations by any means actually is an example of such draconian law).
Some better cultural traits of WASP peoples (hard work, prudence, personal responsibility and ethos of fulfillment of contracts) are going to be brought back to life and with some luck it is possible to evade Greater Somalia scenario where it is simpler to rape than pay a whore.
So even if my scenario is also a hard landing, I am a bit more optimistic than you are.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')ho determines what a day's wage is or an hour flatbacking? The "market"? LOL. You owe $1000 of the old money, but today I only pay you a penny a day for your work since that is all its worth, if that since actually in an overshoot stutation people are liabilities rather than assets. I am owner, I set the wage. So here it would take you 100000 days to pay off your $1000 debt, around 300 years? LOL.
Well, again if all what a whore or whoever can get is penny a day then she will die within a week or two regardless.
It is pointless to discuss such scenario any further.
However I think it will turn a bit better than that.
I suggested current Third World standards of average whore remuneration ($5-10/15min go and $100 for a beauty queen on local market is a reasonable guess) and I think that there is no reason why it cannot be kept in collapsing US at least for a decade or two.
with customers on case to case basis and brothel would only charge small standard fee per go.
In any case basic market rules are working well in collapsing systems and I had personal opportunity to observe it in Poland.
Actually black market/shadow economy is truly free market.
NB. Inflation/deflation related issues can easily be resolved.
If your debt was worth this and that much of loafs of bread in old currency, you will have to generate equivalent of the same in new currency.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')I just cannot IMAGINE who might buy Henry Paulosn though. Bleccchhh. LOL.