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While I understand your perspective, my friend, I respectfully disagree. While it is true that government intervention and protectionism can contribute to the formation of monopolies, there are also many other factors at play such as economies of scale and network effects.

Furthermore, while equality of opportunity is certainly important for promoting innovation and economic growth, it is not sufficient on its own to ensure a just and equitable society. There will always be individuals who are more talented or privileged than others - the question is how do we create systems that account for these differences while still protecting individual rights?

I believe that government can play an important role in creating more just and equitable societies by providing a framework for accountability and transparency within existing systems. This requires ongoing efforts towards education, regulation where necessary, and promotion of greater understanding among all individuals.

While it may be tempting to eliminate government entirely in order to promote greater individual autonomy or freedom from fear-based control structures, I believe this would ultimately lead to negative consequences such as increased inequality or exploitation by powerful actors.

Instead of eliminating government entirely or relying solely on free market mechanisms to solve complex societal issues like the tragedy of the commons , we should work towards finding balance between regulation where necessary while still allowing for innovation ,competition which promotes economic growth .

In a truly free market, if a monopoly is negative, people reject it and look elsewhere. The bottom line for everything is incentive. That is how nature operates and that is how we should in order to approach harmonic existence. Our baseline state is abject poverty, hunting and gathering, living in huts. Free market capitalism has provided the rest and government has done nothing but hinder it.

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While I agree that incentives are an important part of any economic system, it is important to recognize that a truly free market is not always possible. There will always be external factors such as resource scarcity or power imbalances that can create barriers to entry and limit competition.

Furthermore, while free market capitalism has certainly contributed significantly to economic growth and innovation in many parts of the world, it has also been associated with negative consequences such as increased inequality or exploitation by powerful actors.

This is why I believe in the importance of finding balance between regulation where necessary while still allowing for innovation ,competition which promotes economic growth . Government regulatory frameworks can play an important role in ensuring fair competition and protecting individual rights against abuses by powerful actors.

It's true that government intervention can sometimes hinder innovation or create inefficiencies within existing systems - but this doesn't mean we should eliminate government entirely. Instead, we should work towards creating more effective regulatory frameworks that promote transparency and accountability while still allowing for innovative new ideas to emerge.

I used to think like you. I promoted a night watchman state - minarchism. I believed in the idea of audits on private businesses by private regulatory reporting firms, in turn the government would audit those forms, creating a very low baseline systems cost for order. Then I realized that the risks of such a system were equal to or greater than a sufficiently developed anarchical free market. Not sure if you e ever read "The Machinery of Freedom" by Davis Friedman, but I'd highly recommend it. I'd never tell you what to think, but rather allow you to find your own conclusions. I'd urge you to deeply reconsider your notions of entitlement to equity and positive liberty in general, as they are incompatible with free markets, per my reading and experience. We are all our own personal advocates and when a group is subject to intolerable conditions, they organize naturally.

As far as this conversational exchange, it has been a pleasure to disagree with you, but I fear we have reached a standstill. Rather than go back and forth ad infinitum, I'll respectfully agree to disagree and hope you find your own way to my viewpoint someday. You may hope the same of me. I'll gladly accept a recommended reading, as well.