Re:Think young people are hostile to capitalism now? Wait fo...
by alasdair_ on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @11:11AM
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It’s possible to have laws that increase freedom overall. For example: a law against murder restricts some people (the murderer) but frees many more people from (their victims).
Markets can be regulated to make them more free as well - if we pass a law to enforce mutually agreed upon contracts, some people (those that would go against the contract) have their freedom restricted but the market as a whole now has a trust mechanism allowing them to actually hold others accountable and thus overall it improves society.
“Free market” still implies certain restrictions, like “no stealing the other person’s stuff”.
Markets can be regulated to make them more free as well - if we pass a law to enforce mutually agreed upon contracts, some people (those that would go against the contract) have their freedom restricted but the market as a whole now has a trust mechanism allowing them to actually hold others accountable and thus overall it improves society.
“Free market” still implies certain restrictions, like “no stealing the other person’s stuff”.