To what extent should govt meddle in the free market?

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[–]casparvoneverecBig tiddy respecter 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Government itself is not an evil. The current Judeo-liberal regime is. Governments have done great things in the past and have built great civilizations: The Roman Empire, Imperial Germany, Japan, France and practically every other empire or civilization to exist in history.

The only two countries for whom the argument ''free markets built this country'' could be remotely assigned to is Britain and America. For Britain its mostly false considering the role of the Royal navy in forging and maintaining the British empire and its economy. Plus, the British government forcibly uprooted British farmers from their land with the enclosure act in a bid to get them into the factories.

Even for America, this argument sketchy but that's an enormous post in and of itself.

[–]StrategicTactic 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I would argue that point, but I think it goes away from the main again. I am not even saying that free markets built the country, but rather that government interference in the free markets is a contradiction and propaganda. In a system that allows change, such control will lead to further increase in government control, increase government spending, and societal stratification that comes with corporatism. If such is the end goal, then it should not be the starting point. Saying you are free to do what you want as long as it falls in line with our regulations is the same as saying you are free to move to the extent of your chains.

[–]Node 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Government itself is not an evil.

How is it not an evil? It really can't even exist beyond a local level while population numbers remain sustainable. It's essentially organized slavery, or at least ownership and control over fellow humans.