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0 pointsWalterBright1y ago0 comments

That is not a paradox. A free market presumes the existence of a government to protect rights and enforce contracts.

> Endorsing free markets does not have to equate with an unquestioning obsession, bordering on fetishistic, with liberty.

Question it all you like!

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Apocryphon1y ago

I don't question it. We are agreement that a strong hand is necessary to reduce externalities that arise in the course of commerce; we are simply quibbling about what is within that purview.

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