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> Why are increasing efficiency, reducing waste, investigating new energy generation methods, etc, bad things? These are not bad things. They are clearly good
by npongratz 13y ago
> Why are increasing efficiency, reducing waste, investigating new energy generation methods, etc, bad things?
These are not bad things. They are clearly good things. The "bad thing" is when someone proposes to use government force and threats to push these things to market. Obviously, force and threats are bad.
If these things are good enough, then smart people engaged in peaceful, free exchange will introduce them to market. No force or threats necessary.
- rtpg 13y ago>obviously, force and threats are bad Dunno about that. Some people don't mind the existence of government to patch some things up. Force and threats are pretty useful when trying to fix market failures or tragedy of the commons-type situations. Lack of regulations wouldn't suddenly create free markets because consumers aren't always smart , information isn't perfect, sometimes there are only two producers (so there's pricing influence), etc.