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and give it to him.
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Blindfold yourself.
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Why?
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Because I don't
know you,

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and I don't know
who you know.

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Have you ever read
Adam Smith's

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An Inquiry into
the Nature and Causes

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of the Wealth of Nations?
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Uh-uh.
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In it, the man addresses
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the two simple laws
of the market.

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The first law: self-interest.
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It is not from the benevolence
of the butcher, the brewer,

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the fucking baker
that we expect our dinner,

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but from their self-interest.
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I don't sell junk
because I feel a civic duty.

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I do it out of...
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self-interest.
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Second law: competition.
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Only under the check
of competition

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is a man's self-interest
regulated from ruthlessness.

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I don't charge
a C-note a pop

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because I think
some other dude

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is going to
underprice me.

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No. I don't overcharge
because what suppresses me?

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Competition.
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Consequently,
a man's motivations of...

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Self-interest...
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are transmuted by...
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Competition...
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to yield social harmony.
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You, motherfucker,
have fucked

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with the laws
of the market.

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You have fucked
with competition.

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You have deregulated
the self-interest

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of some other
dope-peddling fuck.

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You done fucked up
harmony.

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You must un-fuck it!
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This is all
simple economics.

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Jimmy: Fuck. Come on.
Come on.

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Come on.
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Jimmy has learned
a lot about economics

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the last few hours.
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Keynesian theory,
market trends,

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all that shit.
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Taught him the difference
between laissez-faire,

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which is what
I'm doing right now,

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and intervention,
which is what I'm about to do.

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We tried to see
your other associate-- Barry?

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He was not at home.
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Neither was most
of his clothes.

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We surmised he would
not be returning soon,

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so we came to see you.
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[Jimmy Groaning]
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What do you want?
Financial reparation?

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What do you want?

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