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I agree that government can put a gun to the head of the bidders. I agree that that is a corruption of the free market system.

However, I also think that other individuals/groups/entities can also put a gun to the head of the bidders. That, too, would be a corruption of the free market system.

"However, I also think that other individuals/groups/entities can also put a gun to the head of the bidders. That, too, would be a corruption of the free market system."

Selling my product at whatever price I wish is NOT putting a gun to your head. You are not entitled to ANYTHING I produce or own. As a buyer I also do not have to buy YOUR product at whatever price YOU wish; I am free to decline. As long as we are free to accept or decline prices no initiation of force is done to us. It was when the government comes in, at the behest of the poor whining loser companies or socialist *consumer groups* to regulate the free exchange of goods and services that violence is done. Bill Gates has no power to put a gun to your head to force you to buy his product. The only entity that can be a monopoly is the government. They can use the threat of force to bully companies to fix prices and regulate production and distribution.