No, it’s just a spectrum. I think the times and places with the freest markets have generated the most wealth for the most people. Any other system besides a completely free market is coercive by definition. What gives any government the legitimacy to decide which goods or services should be legal? As a person who’s entire life has occurred during the drug prohibition era started by Nixon, the idea that the state should be able to regulate any market has been delegitimized to me from a very young age.
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See, that’s where you lose me. Capitalism is like this religion that can come and go as it pleases. Never really here, never really there and avoids all accountability.
I am not for use of force, and I don’t want to see any State intervention. This is why I am trying to convince these “capitalists” to be the change. Stop chasing profits and hoarding wealth.
What exactly is it you are proposing instead then? People freely choosing to do business with each other is the most peaceful and prosperity-producing arrangement possible as far as I can tell.
I think you are right, as long as we are not exploiting each other and resources for profit. I also think a mix of things would be nice to try. Like taking profits out of life essentials. Bitcoin will help facilitate this change but it is also a change in ideology.