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by Jabanga 3286 days ago
>Let's get rid of doctor licensing then? The free market will separate the good ones from the ones who will kill you! Pyramid schemes? You have the right to invest in one, so why outlaw it? Toxic waste dump?

Unlicensed doctors should be legal. As should pyramid schemes. Dumping toxic waste on other people's private property or on commonly held public property is not a "voluntary interaction", and thus should be illegal. A free society is one where people are free to engage in voluntary interactions, and are safe from others violating their right to their person and property.

You tell me to "grow up" and lecture about how "your rights end where others begin". I recommend you take your own advice and learn what it is that I'm actually advocating (hint: a free market doesn't mean no laws/government, and people being allowed to dump toxic waste), and stop advocating for laws that restrict my rights to spend my money how I want.