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by imapeopleperson 1501 days ago
Free markets have always been innately fair.

If you own something, how would it be fair for the government to have any direct say on what you should do with it?

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I guess you will have to give an explanation what you think constitutes a free market and what kind of fairness you have in mind.

It depends on the kind of property, as there might be very legitimate reasons for the government (representing the people in democratic nations) to have a direct say what you are allowed do with it. You might own a lake or a spring that's important for the population. You might own a factory where government dictates how clean the sewer runoff needs to be. Would that be unfair?

I stated below that it is all about balancing interests, as I view every kind of extremism (that includes free market maximalism) as at least counterproductive, if not outright harmful