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> And before someone says that "free market is always good and government is bad" I've never really understood that dichotomy myself. The free market IS good,
by rootusrootus 3y ago
> And before someone says that "free market is always good and government is bad"
I've never really understood that dichotomy myself. The free market IS good, that is for sure. But it won't exist unless the gov't uses its power to create it. Companies have to be kept small enough that there will always be a bunch of choices. And that won't happen by itself.
- sonicanatidae 3y ago[flagged]
- TeMPOraL 3y ago[flagged]
- actionfromafar 3y agoThere's a special kind of delusion easily afflicted by successful people - that because they were so successful, it was because they are so much better. Therefore they will easily believe they will come out on top also in societal collapse. I think such reasoning is behind many super-expensive bug out plans with fortified villas and bunkers.
- rootusrootus 3y agoHow many successful people are building bunkers? Isn't that just a pasttime of the very wealthy? There are a whole lot of regular successful people in this world that aren't building out doomsday scenarios in their spare time. And I'd argue that for the most part these normal successful people are generally justified in thinking they are successful on the merits. Luck has a role, but so does grit.
- actionfromafar 3y agoMost aren’t building bunkers. I just took that as a colourful illustration of how success can skew your perception of reality. This is not even necessarily related to if the success is on their merits or not. I think one can fall into this trap regardless of how one got there.
- smegger001 3y agoYeah those bunker wont belong to them if things go to shit at best they will belong to their now former bodyguard.
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- freedude 3y agoA true libertarian wouldn't support corporations at all. They are as bad as tyrannical governments. Proprietorships and partnerships would limit exposure to tyranny of the corporation. They focus the responsibility of the business on the owner and not some protected class of employee.
- sonicanatidae 3y agoA true libertarian would ride in on their Unicorn, because those don't exist either. ;)
- freedude 3y agoYour ad hominem arguments will never negate the arguments made against you and ultimately you know this at a deep level. Good day.
- sonicanatidae 3y agoROFL. Your casual dismissal doesn't make your ideas more valid. Thanks, I needed a big laugh today. Google "free town project" for an idea of how Ayn Rand's self-centered approach to community plays out IRL.
- ff317 3y agoI generally agree, but I tend to turn the perspective around to this: truly "Free Markets" are basically the natural, unevolved state of affairs when you don't have a better system in place. The whole reason we invented those better systems is to improve the "consequences for the majority".