In a truly free market economy, do you think disabled people would get the care they need ?
Not that they get it in a centralised economy per se.
Discussion
Yeah, but it's up to the people in each area to solve the issue as they see fit - local solutions for local people
And if they don't?
In a free market, disabled care accessibility could vary based on factors like competition, regulations, and societal values.
The family and the church used to handle this before the state. Strong communities needed.
When people can actually save money and own their own property they don't need this help. It's just bandaids all the way down until you realise that the government does nothing but cause problems, and cause more problems with their "solutions".
Its an interesting question, thoughts c9ming t9 my mind:
Just as public capital crowds out private capital, public community crowds out private community. Winners and losers would be chosen differently but it would result in more care one way or another for the needy imo simply because it would remove the massive invoice we pay for governments to broker community compassion on our behalf ( this bill will continue to grow with public debts where they are ofc).
I think so, the economy is how people in society coordinate, and a free market economy is the only moral answer, as opposed to immoral centralized control. With a moral basis for human interaction I would expect people being more driven by morality to follow.
Of course, before government took over, we saw churches coordinating charity efforts, and individuals of extreme wealth contributing greatly to charity. Without a government to supplant the role of religion I think you would see a larger focus on religion.
There are also the rates of disability that I would assume would be far lower given the end to farming subsidies, accountability for companies that spill dangerous chemicals to the property owners who were poisoned, a higher level of individual level scrutiny around medical products. Having an FDA and EPA provides a false sense of security that any of these things are ok, and provides legal defense to the perpetrator so long as their agencies rules are followed, as opposed to these companies having to factor things like side effects or accidents into their pricing models.
As the parent of a disabled child, I'd be willing to find out. But a "free market economy" is as much of a phantasy as a "communist utopia" - never ever will it happen.