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[w:88]What Happened to American Conservatism?

NWRatCon said:
I appreciate the distinction, although I am not a free-market capitalist, quite the contrary. Large markets are only functional within a very well-regulated legal structure, as the demise of FTX is currently demonstrating.
Capitalism, and its relationship to socialism, is not well-understood popularly. But then, there is a lot of misinformation out there about both.
What even is a "free market", really? That's another of the fuzzy concepts of conservatism that is not well-defined.
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In my way of thinking, a free market need not be synonymous with a completely unregulated market.
ie & eg I think a free market for restaurants can exist alongside a health code and health inspectors.

In a free market...
People are able to refuse to participate in the market​
People are able to choose among multiple vendors for similar goods​
...and probably some more things

But those two are the essence in my mind at the moment

Healthcare will never be a free market in my way of thinking simply because we are "unable" to refuse to participate.
When refusing to participate means you suffer bodily harm, you are participating under duress.
 
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