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Many Americans have this idea that "all forms of commerce are allowed". They aren't and never have been in any society. It is government's (society's) place t
by jhancock 18y ago
Many Americans have this idea that "all forms of commerce are allowed". They aren't and never have been in any society.
It is government's (society's) place to put limits on people's behavior. That is the primary purpose of such systems.
- sokoloff 18y agoIf you're asking government to act as your agent to put limits on behavior for your own benefit, that seems rational. If you're asking government to act as your agent to put limits on behavior for my benefit, why not mind your own affairs and let me mind mine? I don't claim that all commerce is allowed. I do claim that government ideally gets its power from the people's consent, rather than the other way around.