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by RobertoG 2771 days ago
Well, if you start with the idea that markets exist in the void, you are certainly avoiding the dirty world.

For instance: assuming that property rights exist outside a political framework or power structures.

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They don't exist in "the void". Property rights are fundamental to the free market ideology, as well as courts, police and military. It's the foundations of liberalism, with Locke, Adam Smith, etc.

I reiterate that free market ideology is positive, while government intervention ideology is more normative: it says how things should be and tries to make it so. The best case of this has been obviously Communism and Fascism: they said this is best, and organized top to bottom how things should be, and ignored any evidence of the contrary.

What is it that motivates you to be a booklicker for the rich?