Re: Office of PSOL—Beginning of the Institute of Atlasian Progression

[Blair]

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[Blair]

I'm by no means an expert on rationing/food supply but there's huge differences between what we're experiencing now & what we experienced 70 years ago-  food can & is still being transported by plane (an option not available before) where it's not grown domestically and the only issues have been with demand not supply e.g everyone in one town buying the toilet paper when the stocks for toilet paper where at the usual (e.g low demand) levels.

The issue before was with the supply (getting food from A to be without it being sunk) and labour/manpower/resources ( the mars bar factory was making tanks etc) these are both issues that can be addressed before rationing.

We don't need rationing & rather than just reaching the biggest and brightest (and bluntest) tool there's alternative methods at hand

[Blair]

Some supermarkets here have put limits on how many you can buy of essential goods so I don't think its a very radical idea. I don't think we need a full rationing system with a rationing book ect. like in WW2, but there are controls we can put in place to limit people from hoarding more than they need of essential items.

What would be your idea on how to move forward on this?

A limit on how much you can buy of each essential item in a shop. It can be flexible so restrictions could be added and removed on items depending on the situation.

and these limits work because theyre imposed by the shops themselves- not by governent command who would no doubt cock it up.