Amia Srinivasan has many questions for free market moralists that deserve answers. Indeed, her entire piece deserves careful study as at eloquently illustrates the dichotomy of welfare liberalism and laisse-faire liberalism. Here are the four questions.
1. Is any exchange between two people in the absence of direct physical compulsion by one party against the other (or the threat thereof) necessarily free?
2. Is any free (not physically compelled) exchange morally permissible?
3. Do people deserve all they are able, and only what they are able, to get through free exchange?
4. Are people under no obligation to do anything they don’t freely want to do or freely commit themselves to doing?
Her answer show free market fundamentalism for the sham that it is. Like those on the left who preach of socialist utopias, libertarian utopias have just as
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1. Yes. Consider the absurd proposition to support "no".
2. Yes, if my alternative is making less than the $1 a day, that offer is to my benefit - a point that the 3rd party obsessed with THEIR OWN perception of the transaction overlooks.
3. Deserving is in the eye of the beholder [again]. I don't believe this writer deserves to be paid for publishing such idiotic opinion pieces.
4. If "no", then you are a slave to whatever society/govt dictates. Another absurd and sophomoric illustration.
And oh my goodness, Greg Mankiw doesn't support the Markadelphia school of economics!
So M why pose questions if you don't want to discuss answers?
If you are going to have a blog that doesn't interact then you can't pose interaction type blog posts. Doesn't work very well.
Stick to lecturing and telling us proles what we should be thinking rather than asking questions which may stir up *gasp* conversation.
I wanted to see if her words would pierce your bubble and maybe cause some reflection instead of the usual ad hom etc. Clearly, I was too hopeful.
Clearly, I was too hopeful.
OH MY GOD, I CONFESS MY SIN... ER I MEAN ERROR. I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT, PLEASE ACCEPT MY REPENTANCE OH MERCIFUL MARKADELPHIA.
Honestly, you are soooooo deep in your own bubble you have no clue what is going on outside of it. No clue at all.
I wanted to see
No you didn't. That would have required interaction. What you have done instead, is as I stated, lectured.
Anytime you guys want to change, I'll come back to comments on a more regular basis. As long as all the usual BS continues, you will see me here very rarely if at all.
The 'usual BS' being not accepting the logical fallacies and un-reflective BS that you keep spouting?
As long as all the usual BS continues, you will see me here very rarely if at all.
If you won't change why should anyone else?
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