> What if the worker could have sold the pie directly for $900 I'd be the first one to suppor that! Absolutely. Go for it. Workers should bypass middlemen if t

> What if the worker could have sold the pie directly for $900 I'd be the first one to suppor that! Absolutely. Go for it. Workers should bypass middlemen if they don't add any value. They have the moral right to act in their self interest. Not only is this important, but it is necessary. Tesla going direct sales by bypassing Dealerships? Best thing ever. Everyone benefits. We see that all the time and it is a feature of a healthy capitalist society. However, if the middlemen actually add value and there is a moat through IP, capital, assets or salesmanship, etc; they absolutely deserve the wealth they generate. Interfering in anyway here is asking for a bleak society where productivity plummets, enterprise is lost and there is no innovation. We're seeing this in certain industries with heavy regulation. Undeserved middlemen that clog up the economy should be overthrown and eliminated through means of enterprise. Not through regulation. Sometimes I wonder if we're on a startup forum. I hope we have some overlap in agreement. I would encourage you to study examples of how economic freedom benefits all and how it has led to unparalleled progress and lifting people out of poverty. And also how collectivist, use of force and coercion, regulations, marxist ideas, lead to increase in poverty. (Cambodia, NK vs. SK, Hong Kong and Taiwan, 19th century and mid 20th century USA, West vs East Germany, the fall of USSR, stagnancy of Cuban economy, etc).