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What a well thought out reply. This is the kind of response for which I long. Thanks you.

I too, have given this some thought. Please indulge me.

>The free market exists between us for products and services we produce ourselves and exchange with each other.

_The market doesn't **exist** perse._

It's somewhat akin to a legal fiction; a conceptual devise that describes a relationship between all people. In that limited sense it exists in the potential exchange of goods and services and beyond those moments of market activity.

>It exists briefly, but is also affected by the non-free market due to the "externalities".

_Only people can be free._

When we talk about a "free market" were engaging in Anthropomorphism. Which is a fine way to discuss these concepts as long as one doesn't lose sight of the fact it's the people actually being intimidated into submission. They are the ones that are not free to exercise property rights.

>We may succeed in maintaining independent notions of value for some time, but as long as there is a controlled market, our micro-economies are affected by it too.

_You're not wrong_.

Freedom cannot be achieved by the individual acting alone. Micro-economies are easily quashed with an overwhelming force of patriots submitting to the ruling class.

>In summary, there is no free market because of the existence of a non-free market controlled by the ruling class and affiliates.

_There is only one market._

It acts differently when corrupted by the State. Like a sick animal behaves differently when it's sick. Healthy tissue and sickness exist within the same organism. Disease that runs uncheck kills the host. Organisms get well when the good tissue overwhelms the bad.

So in summary:

##### We are the Market.

It is a reflection of our beliefs, attitudes, and the resulting behaviors. The market will be free when the people are.