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Yes. Personally I blame a misreading of Rand - in particular, Rand's fiction - for this. People are often surprised to hear that the majority of villains in At
by duncan_bayne 10y ago
Yes. Personally I blame a misreading of Rand - in particular, Rand's fiction - for this.
People are often surprised to hear that the majority of villains in Atlas Shrugged are businessmen, who seek to obtain political power - that is, the power to legally coerce - over their competitors and customers.
So, if you support capitalism (unfettered free markets) you also need to support strong, objective courts that can severely punish companies that attempt to deal with their customers by fraud (misleading advertising, etc.) or force (cronyism, bribery, corruption).
It's like XP. The practices are mutually reinforcing :)