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Originally Posted by bhunter
No, free markets might not be ideal, but there just isn't anything else that reflects the inherent nature of self-interested human beings better while concomitantly nourishing liberty.
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I've heard that thought espoused and cited as the impetus for democracy. It was on a history channel show about buccaneers and pirates. Somehow they conflated the way a pirate crew chose their leaders by a vote, while ignoring that most of the leaders of the pirate movement got their letters of marque from the King or by murdering their competion. Hardly a business model to admire, don't you think?
Speaking for myself, I believe that is exactly the model we got from the so-called modernization of banking act. Gutting Glass Steagle in the quest for loot is why we're in the pickle we're in. It's piracy on a huge scale.
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" (acronym-TANSTAAFL)
by Robert Anson Heinlein