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To: DiogenesLamp
provided the participants all behave ethically

That is not how the free market economy runs and it has nothing to do with some imagined "karma."

The free market works purely on self-interest, which is God-given, and voluntary (not government-mandated) cooperation of those who choose to buy and sell for their own best interests. That's how freedom works. Freedom in general is individuals free to live as they see fit provided they don't interfere with others' freedom. The free market is freedom in action.

In the area of monopolies and cartels, government has done way more harm than good. Today, the government encourages monopolies, fueled by corrupt officials taking bribes from special interests. As Reagan said, "Government isn't the solution, government IS the problem."

What stops monopolies is the innovation of the market economy, ever disrupting and competing with status quo. The free market is your friend. It supplies your demand. The government is certainly NOT your friend. It was never created to be your friend, nor is government capable of being your friend.

Putting government over free enterprise is like putting the fox inside the hen-house. Government by far done more to weak havoc in our economy than anything else. You think Goggle is a threat to the nation? Google doesn't hold a candle to the threat of the unconstitutional $4 trillion federal government.

Google works, as does the free market itself, by people voluntarily using and buying Goggle products. Nobody forces you to use Google. You are free to say "no" to Google and go to a competitor. But the government works only by force and coercion. Saying "no" to government puts you in jail.

Don't let your dogmatic distrust of freedom blind you from seeing the threat of the tyranny of the unconstitutional federal government. There are many so-called conservatives out there who distrust freedom. What they don't get is there is only one alternative to freedom - the tyranny of government force and coercion. "Conservatives" who want tyranny over freedom? I'll take freedom any day and side with those who will fight for freedom "at the point of bayonet" if necessary, as Reagan also once said.

29 posted on 09/13/2016 10:23:55 AM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216
I do not believe you have accurately addressed any point.

You have given me a series of catechisms and quasi-logical arguments without really addressing the problem we are currently facing.

I don't feel like wading through specifics to rebut you, because from what I have read of your spiel, I think you will regard a different perspective as "heresy."

Sorry, but i'm not dressed for Church.

30 posted on 09/13/2016 10:49:48 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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