[proud_yank]

In the beginning of mankind there were no rules.

And mankind hunted and gathered and traveled in search of food. Eventually, civilizations sprung up, specilization and trade evolved. People bartered goods in a market system, where the seller wanted to receive as much as possible for their product, and the buyer wanted to give as little as possible for it. Eventually, a compromise was reached.

The fundamental of any transaction is that the good/service that a buyer purchases, is of equal or greater value to them than the price they paid for it. Otherwise they would not buy it.

Same for the Seller. The money (or whatever) they receive for their good/service is worth equal or more than the good/service that they gave up. Otherwise, they would not sell it.

And from our rule-less beginnings, feudalism evolved.

Various other forms of economies have also been experimented with, fuedalism being one of them in addition to socialism, communism, etc. Fuedalism restricted people's freedom (as Mase stated: Tyranny thrives in societies where the citizen's freedoms are restricted.....), then other market systems came along in which political leaders were able to have more than those who held absolute power over their people. Absolute power cannot compete against a free society.

Power goes to power, and money goes to money, left unchecked.

Not true in a free society. This undermines the fundamental foundation of capitalism. If people were to hord money (i.e. charge rediculously high prices for the sole purpose of 'staying rich'), someone else could simply come along and charge less for a good or service. Eventually they would be forced to lower their prices.

Simply ask my father, who grew up poor but is now successful and financially comfortable. His 'wealth' came from somewhere, and he does not have the ability to produce his own currency. If 'Money went to money', why would he not be poor???

[proud_yank]

Various other forms of economies have also been experimented with, fuedalism being one of them in addition to socialism, communism, etc. Fuedalism restricted people's freedom (as Mase stated: Tyranny thrives in societies where the citizen's freedoms are restricted.....), then other market systems came along in which political leaders who held less power over their people were able to have more Influence internationally than those who held absolute power over their people. (govt's compete as well) Absolute power cannot compete against a free society.

corrections

[Age of Reason]

as Mase stated: Tyranny thrives in societies where the citizen's freedoms are restricted.....

And in another brilliant observation, wetness thrives where it's raining.

[Age of Reason]

Not true in a free society.

All soceities have rules, no?

So there is no such thing as a free society to begin with.