Alien Clay
Timothy Collinson
(22 Sep 2024 15:52 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
James Catchpole
(22 Sep 2024 16:57 UTC)
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Canons [was: Re: [TML] Alien Clay]
Timothy Collinson
(22 Sep 2024 20:33 UTC)
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Re: Canons [was: Re: [TML] Alien Clay]
James Catchpole
(22 Sep 2024 20:54 UTC)
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Re: Canons [was: Re: [TML] Alien Clay]
kaladorn@xxxxxx
(23 Sep 2024 09:19 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
kaladorn@xxxxxx
(23 Sep 2024 08:15 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Timothy Collinson
(23 Sep 2024 18:57 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
kaladorn@xxxxxx
(24 Sep 2024 04:22 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Richard Aiken
(24 Sep 2024 14:38 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Richard Aiken
(24 Sep 2024 14:40 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
kaladorn@xxxxxx
(24 Sep 2024 15:25 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay Rupert Boleyn (24 Sep 2024 20:47 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(25 Sep 2024 01:08 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
kaladorn@xxxxxx
(25 Sep 2024 23:01 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(26 Sep 2024 00:12 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Richard Aiken
(26 Sep 2024 01:10 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Brett Kruger
(26 Sep 2024 01:56 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(26 Sep 2024 15:42 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(26 Sep 2024 15:35 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Richard Aiken
(26 Sep 2024 16:00 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Richard Aiken
(26 Sep 2024 16:01 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(26 Sep 2024 16:52 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Rupert Boleyn
(26 Sep 2024 21:56 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
kaladorn@xxxxxx
(26 Sep 2024 23:28 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(27 Sep 2024 00:23 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(27 Sep 2024 00:07 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Rupert Boleyn
(27 Sep 2024 00:41 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(27 Sep 2024 14:43 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
kaladorn@xxxxxx
(28 Sep 2024 00:18 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(28 Sep 2024 01:18 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Rupert Boleyn
(26 Sep 2024 21:41 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
kaladorn@xxxxxx
(26 Sep 2024 23:24 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(27 Sep 2024 00:20 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
kaladorn@xxxxxx
(27 Sep 2024 23:45 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(28 Sep 2024 01:09 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(26 Sep 2024 23:33 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Rupert Boleyn
(27 Sep 2024 00:24 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(27 Sep 2024 00:31 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Rupert Boleyn
(27 Sep 2024 00:44 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
kaladorn@xxxxxx
(26 Sep 2024 23:18 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(27 Sep 2024 00:17 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Rupert Boleyn
(27 Sep 2024 00:21 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
kaladorn@xxxxxx
(27 Sep 2024 23:48 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Alien Clay
Phil Pugliese
(28 Sep 2024 01:14 UTC)
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On 25Sept2024 0325, kaladorn at gmail.com (via tml list) wrote: > I can imagine the 3I or any large star spanning empire having VAST > amounts of wastage and corruption. I can't imagine it without it. The > only reason it would still operate are the 20% that are really their to > do a good job. The middle 50% may be not much of a problem but aren't > super, and the remaining 30% is a problem. Given that the 3I has a hereditary peerage, but one that 'loyal service' gets you elevated to, it's *built* on corruption. Contracts will go to people that the local nobility know and trust, or who can buy that 'trust'. Connections and networking is everything. Of course, when things get out of hand, the rich and powerful need outsiders that don't have vested interests and aren't already connected, won't be immediately noticed, but have integrity (no use sending out troubleshooters if the first thing they do is go up to the source of your problem and say "How much will you give us to report that it's All Good Here?" I would expect that there are traditional and well-understood expectations as to how much can be skimmed, who needs to be cut in on it, etc., and how this is done so that it's not too base and unseemly. Over the centuries this 'overhead' has probably slowly increased, and if one wants it could be considered part of the cause of 'The Rebellion' - what's the point of paying Imperial taxes, seeing your best and brightest go off-world, never to return, etc. if nothing comes of it but more taxes, more red-tape, and increasing bribes to get anything done. Meanwhile the mega-corps are still doing fine, so no 'impediment to trade here'. -- Rupert Boleyn <xxxxxx@gmail.com>