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Um... 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
by neltnerb 6y ago
Um... 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.