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> freedom within the confines of what the state allows is not true freedom. I guess most nations have regulations of what is or is not allowed. I can't, for ex
by peatmoss 9y ago
> freedom within the confines of what the state allows is not true freedom.
I guess most nations have regulations of what is or is not allowed. I can't, for example, buy my neighbor and press him into forced labor, or buy a meth lab and sell meth to my neighbor's kids in the US.
I guess I'd have to go to some failed nation state like Somalia to have that kind of freedom—a true libertarian paradise.
The reality of most nations is that they exist on a continuum. China is more authoritarian / curtailing of freedom than most, but less so than, say, North Korea. The US is less authoritarian / curtailing of freedom than many but more so than many developing countries that lack regulatory protections.
- Yetanfou 9y agoEconomic policy is a spectrum, from total absence of regulation (laissez-faire capitalism or libertarianism) to total control. At certain positions on this spectrum markers have been placed to make it easier to describe them. Both the positions of these markers as well as their meaning are open to debate but it is clear that a restriction on enslaving your neighbour lies on a different position of the spectrum than the type of 'deep interest' the Chinese government takes in the economy.