Re:Stop Trying to Save the Planet
by dualogy on Thursday May 07, 2009 @06:45AM
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Not to hijack, but can people stop implying a "free market" actually exists anywhere in the world -- as long as there are governments, taxes and tolls, it is just by definition not the case, regardless of your or my opinion on this simple fact.
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It depends on the viewpoint, I guess. Isn't everything a free market in a way? Like in communism, you can trade away as you want, as long as you are prepared to pay for it (with the risk of being killed or whatever).
I am actually very much pro free market, but I still think it is dangerous to assume that all things will just sort themselves out fine. They probably will - to the satisfaction of somebody. That somebody might not be you (or us), though.