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If you believe that free markets result in a fair outcome, eventually you have to come up with an explanation for why black and brown people have much lower eco
by pgcj_poster 6y ago
If you believe that free markets result in a fair outcome, eventually you have to come up with an explanation for why black and brown people have much lower economic and social status in Western capitalist countries. Broadly speaking, there's only a few possibilities:
1. Free markets can result in unfair outcomes in the face of prejudice or historical inequalities.
2. Racial inequality is caused entirely by government regulation.
3. The system works fine as it is, and some minorities just deserve lower status because they're lazy or have low IQs or something.
The most hardcore Libertarians reject (1) because it could potentially justify government intervention. Most of them turn to (2), but since that's a bit of tough argument to make, a few go to (3) instead. And once you decide that minorities are just inferior, it's a pretty straight line from there to white nationalism.