[ExI] Private and government R&D

Dan dan_ust at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 2 15:53:40 UTC 2009


--- On Thu, 7/2/09, Eschatoon Magic <eschatoon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Of course in a really free market,
> withdrawing a loan is not coercion.
> But when the powers collaborate behind the scenes to
> protect their
> power, the market is not free.
> 
> Our economy is more like the typical situation portrayed in
> mafia
> movies: greedy government officers AND organized crime
> collaborate to
> create and mantain a money machine for themselves.

But the solution to this is what?  To increase the level of coercion by also stealing from others to fund projects you or I like?  Instead, shouldn't the solution be to lower the level of coercion -- in this case, by removing government power to control loans and the money supply?

Regards,

Dan


      



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