Pretty sure my spine is real. Perhaps you meant to unpack that analogy first? The "free market" is simply what exists absent interference. It ceases to exist

Pretty sure my spine is real. Perhaps you meant to unpack that analogy first? The "free market" is simply what exists absent interference. It ceases to exist when a single player or group of players asserts force over the others. The purpose of government is to reduce the effectiveness of violence as a strategy.