Baraka_Guru

"A market that is free to operate under the true forces of supply and demand." Whose mythology is this?


I suppose in your farm example I can agree on at least one thing. I agree that wealth can be generated by land and labour. ace, you're hit and miss at best.

And the solution to America, by default, is the "true force of supply and demand"? That's a fix for uncontrollable spending and debt? I don't get it. Maybe it's because I live in a country with more widespread social policies and more sensible fiscal conservatism than yours.

"Some of these laws actually hurt people."

I'm not concerned about whether those that hurt people are rescinded. I'm concerned about those that prevent people from exploitation and injury. Though your definition of "hurt" I imagine is different from mine. Either way, a truly free market would put society at the mercy of the wealthy, at the mercy of profit. I prefer society to be governed by elected representatives that are accountable to the people.

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot