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Often this argument isn't really about whether everyone is collectively 'better off' by some particular metric. It's about how much of a nanny state it takes to
by psyc 9y ago
Often this argument isn't really about whether everyone is collectively 'better off' by some particular metric. It's about how much of a nanny state it takes to get that result, and whether that's contrary to the spirit of freedom of association. In other words, money is not the only value. Liberty itself is a value.
- patentatt 9y agoWhat of the liberty to not be swindled? The liberty to have access to public markets with an expectation that there is third party oversight of the companies you are investing in? The liberty to live in a society where hucksters are the exception rather than the norm?
- psyc 9y agoThose aren't liberties by the connotation implied by the US framers. You seem to be repurposing the word for rhetorical reasons.