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Those who have power can freely take wealth e.g. taxation but those who have wealth cannot freely take power. Corrupt politicians might treat power as a free ma
by rizzom5000 8y ago
Those who have power can freely take wealth e.g. taxation but those who have wealth cannot freely take power. Corrupt politicians might treat power as a free market commodity; but that's still corruption and not a market.
- spiralx 8y ago> Corrupt politicians might treat power as a free market commodity; but that's still corruption and not a market. A might treat B as a market commodity, but that's not a market. What does make a market then, if not having commodities in a market?
- quadrangle 8y agoA market is any situation where people come together to trade. There's nothing in the definition that requires it be commodity trading specifically.
- athenot 8y agoYes I'm not defending the market, just calling it out.