Re:Competition Is Dying, and Taking Capitalism with It?
by mindcrime on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:35PM
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So there was no trade before "government" was invented?
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Re:Competition Is Dying, and Taking Capitalism with It?
by danaris on Thursday November 29, 2018 @12:48PM
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Incorrect.
Trade can happen with any two or more people who have different things (and the things need not even be physical).
Stable markets, on the other hand, require a stable government of some sort to maintain them. And that's what you really need for the economic side of what we would think of as civilization.
Re:Competition Is Dying, and Taking Capitalism with It?
by djrobstep on Thursday November 29, 2018 @02:09AM
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Correct.
Trade cannot happen without the threat of violent attack against those who would otherwise freely use particular land or possessions, aka rules, aka law enforcement, aka government.