I guess, from the outside, totalitarianism appears to work well when you have a population of people who don’t understand the alternative; who don’t understand the wealth of choices available to them. Would you really want to be a a subject under it, though, or is it just a nice place to visit and get the heck out after a week or two so you can go back to a place with more choices?
My message, as always, is to regulate behaviors that are nasty, and not to regulate nit-picky little details to induce a result. I agree that completely “free” markets without rules don’t work. Over-regulated markets are always disasterous. However, properly regulated markets (those that regulate fraud, theft, violent crime, breach of contract and the like) do work just fine, though they don’t always produce a result that everyone likes.
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My favorite form of government is the “benevolent dictatorship.” It’s rare to find such a government, but I’m sure it would be awesome. I suppose this Piggington site is a benevolent dictatorship. All Hail Rich.
