[OWK]

Why the black/white dichotomy? Either we have an unrestrained Libertarian free market economy or we have centrally planed socialitic economy? I don't understand your reasoning here.

Because rights either exist, or they do not.

If our rights are brokered by the state in a semi-socialistic-centrally-planned economy, then they are not recognized by the state as rights, but priveleges.

Why is this hard to understand?

[Exnihilo]

Because rights either exist, or they do not.

Non-sequitur. My premise had nothing to do with your conclusion. The point being that there can be totally unregulated free markets, marginally regulated, highly regulated, and fully centrally controlled market economies. Why is this so hard to understand?

[Redcloak]

...or to put it another way, "'Mostly free' is still 'somewhat enslaved'".