Market forces rule

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9 Comments

kibiz0r@midwest.social · 40 pts · 2y (2 replies)

You make what you measure. They measured snakes.

Sharkwellington@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

What do you suppose they should have measured instead? Honestly I'm coming up blank.

WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y

Probably could've just employed people, with one of their responsibilities being to manage the cobra population — not tying their pay to how many cobras they killed.

MonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.com · 32 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Same thing was said about French colonial forces and the Vietnamese but with rats instead of snakes.

perviouslyiner@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
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thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 2y
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Pog@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y

Iirc there's no evidence of this actually happening, could be an old folktale for all we know lol

JoShmoe@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I love the colonial britain getting hustled. But how does having increased cobras benefit India?

Meganium97@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 2y
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AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Fewer rats I suppose.

JoShmoe@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2y

Now we’re talking.

turnleftist@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Like all cute stories that justify markets, it's fake lol