As Carvana crashes, used car dealers, not buyers, stand to win big

Re:As Carvana crashes, used car dealers, not buyers, stand t... by ElevenLathe on Monday December 12, 2022 @09:08AM (#33954727)

Libertarianism treats the market as a game when it suits (i.e. when other people are "cheating") and as a natural law the rest of the time (i.e. when other people want to change the already-artificial rules of the game via politics).

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Re:As Carvana crashes, used car dealers, not buyers, stand t... by robertlagrant on Monday December 12, 2022 @10:57AM (#33956080)

I don't quite follow why you're saying that, but as per my brief previous comment, I'm not saying it's a natural law, nor a game.

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Re:As Carvana crashes, used car dealers, not buyers, stand t... by ElevenLathe on Monday December 12, 2022 @11:47AM (#33956867)

Sorry, I thought you were implicitly calling it as a game (which is IMO the correct and true view), since cheating can only happen in a game where there are established rules.

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Re:As Carvana crashes, used car dealers, not buyers, stand t... by robertlagrant on Thursday December 15, 2022 @06:13AM (#33997828)

Not particularly; I think you can call almost anything a game if you like. But I don't think it's especially a game, nor a natural law.

I don't see why anyone would characterise some people choosing to spend and lose their money as "cheating".

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