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I'd say social democracy has done more. It's easy to tally up the greatness of the free market when you redefinento boundaries of society to exclude the huge n
by sukilot 6y ago
I'd say social democracy has done more.
It's easy to tally up the greatness of the free market when you redefinento boundaries of society to exclude the huge negative costs imposed on slaves and laborers.
- WalterBright 6y agoSlavery is not a free market system.
- neltnerb 6y agoUm... I agree the word "free" is misleading but once you're in a legal system that condones slavery then of course it would be a free market. I'm having a hard time imagining the slave trade arising without a market much more free than the people forced through it. Markets are amoral. That's why we shouldn't rely on them to solve social problems.
- WalterBright 6y agoA free market is one where transactions take place absent fraud or force. Slavery doesn't remotely qualify.
- forgot_user1234 6y ago> exclude the huge negative costs imposed on slaves What slaves? That was a century ago.