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Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by mixedbit on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @01:43PM (#10548353)
What are these limits if not government regulations? Are you aware of any country that doesn't have regulations to prevent pollution of rivers or air in which free-market prevents such pollution all by itself?
Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by ancap on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @02:03PM (#10548489)
I'm not aware of any countries where there exists a "pure" free market. While there is plenty written on the theory of enforcing laws and property rights sans government, I think it a stretch even with a government run court system, to refer to a court's ruling in behalf of property rights as "central planning". Even calling such a ruling "government regulation" seems pretty far from what most would consider "regulation".
Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @02:59PM (#10548872)
> I'm not aware of any countries where there exists a "pure" free market.

Unicorns are also pretty awesome - unfortunately, they seem to suffer from the fatal defect of there not being even a single instance of such a thing in consensual reality.

Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by vezzy-fnord on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @03:37PM (#10549101)
By definition everything was once a "unicorn" before the resources, demand and labor were mixed into developing it. Everything must originate as a idea before it can become praxis. Modern capitalism itself was a unicorn as recently as the 18th century, but it emerged nevertheless.
Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by ancap on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @03:05PM (#10548906)
>consensual reality

That sounds even move elusive than the unicorns

Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by Florin_Andrei on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @03:07PM (#10548921)
Good luck with the unicorns, then.
Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by vezzy-fnord on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @01:55PM (#10548432)
An absence of a particular primary legislation related to pollution does not imply that the economic order is therefore laissez-faire.
Re:What happens when a culture is driven by the need for mon... by gtpasqual on Wednesday November 11, 2015 @02:02PM (#10548475)
Government regulations are not torts.