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>> Free market solutions have been tried and they failed. Fire fighting started as
>> a free market system paid for by insurance companies. This proved inadequate
>> for society so the system was taken over by government. Hmm, sounds familiar - Free market solutions have been tried and they failed. Farming started as a
free market system paid for by individuals. This proved inadequate for society
so the system was taken over by government. OK, so it got nationalized, therefore nationalization must have been the right
decision. >> While the government solution may not be perfect, the level of externalities
>> and coordination issues in fire fighting indicate that the market system will
>> be a lot worse. Right .. While the government solution may not be perfect, the level of externalities
and coordination issues in food production indicate that the market system will
be a lot worse. Absolutely - private companies could never coordinate something as complex
as planting seed, pest control, harvesting at the right time, transportation to
places of processing, complex processing, transportation to points of sale,
distribution and final preparation. How could a collections of separate
companies plan and coordinate something so complex? How could they ensure that
the right ratios of potatoes and gravy get delivered? It just couldn't be
done!
That's more or less the argument they use in North Korea. I guess that
argument makes a lot of sense when you are looking down at the barrel of a gun
- even if you are close to starving. >> VOR - TheVoiceOfReason Well I haven't seen much reason in your views so far, but feel free to
provide some.
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