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Beerman

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It's the problem with the Libertarian ideal


Namely that rational self interest is a notoriously rare commodity. Or, to put it differently, people do stupid shit all the time.

The only reason Capitalism works as well as it does is that mostly we make generally wise choices. Clearly, not always.

(In response to this post by Hoakie82)

Posted: 02/13/2019 at 3:14PM



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