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by WalterBright 2186 days ago
Slavery is not a free market system.
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Um... I agree the word "free" is misleading but once you're in a legal system that condones slavery then of course it would be a free market. I'm having a hard time imagining the slave trade arising without a market much more free than the people forced through it.

Markets are amoral. That's why we shouldn't rely on them to solve social problems.

A free market is one where transactions take place absent fraud or force.

Slavery doesn't remotely qualify.