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I'm saying that dropping something simple, reliable, and well-understood, but not mathematically infallible (like natural law), into an economic system containing billions of humans-as-we-know-them is like dropping wounded livestock into shark-infested waters. Every attempt at corruption successfully repelled makes people more confident in it, and therefore increases the potential rewards for a successful attempt; the existence of irrationally overconfident people means that attempts will continue, and greater rewards mean those attempts will be backed by commensurately greater resources.
I understand now :) Do you think you can say the same thing about the regulators of our current economic system?
I could, but why bother? Others have said it better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
Thank you for taking the time to change my mind good sir.
You're quite welcome. Thank you for going along willingly, rather than needing to be dragged!