I definitely don’t support the free market, don’t get me wrong. I’m just saying that many people have an entirely wrong understanding of what Communism is and criticize it as utopian, when it’s anything but. From it’s very definition it’s a system that assumes there are people willing to reach for more in expense of others, and that there will always be people willing to play dirty in order to achieve that.
It’s a tough system because it needs to counteract those forces.
I agree that a completely free market would not be in the best interest of the consumer, as it would very quickly delve into anti-competitive behaviour. A well functioning market of free enterprise requires competition.
Free Market is as much of a fairy tale as Communism, for exactly the same reasons.
I definitely don’t support the free market, don’t get me wrong. I’m just saying that many people have an entirely wrong understanding of what Communism is and criticize it as utopian, when it’s anything but. From it’s very definition it’s a system that assumes there are people willing to reach for more in expense of others, and that there will always be people willing to play dirty in order to achieve that.
It’s a tough system because it needs to counteract those forces.
I agree that a completely free market would not be in the best interest of the consumer, as it would very quickly delve into anti-competitive behaviour. A well functioning market of free enterprise requires competition.