The Economy - Rebutting Lolbertarian Party's take on issues

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America is "free enterprise" and not capitalist. Capitalism comes from Marxist thought on communism, given that Marxism is a purely economic conception such that communism is generally non-profit and capitalism is for-profit whereas socialists don't actually do what they say they do (they think they are gods and can be like gods yet then everything collapses over time because they are not gods).

No one has the freedom to sell both of their kidneys as goods, services as a hitman, nor the freedom to take their neighbor's life as a sacrifice, dinner, or slave.

Most people are retarded, so they don't run their businesses very well; also, most people don't have the strong desire and fortitude to become a billionaire which is why they do not end up as billionaires. It's fine, we generally enjoy our position in life though we do expect that, over time, our lot in life is better than when we started it.

Government is also an actor in the free market by both being a consumer of it and also that which protects a nation's boundaries from the free market while keeping the black market from being too disruptive to good order.

Markets are always free, the black market will find a way. The issue is, we do not wish to see slaves or people selling both kidneys or also selling their children to be eaten and definitely not having grannie turned into glue like the horses that break a leg (or a hip).

Innovation is caused by limitations, given that we try to find a way around those limitations and end up realizing that one way of doing things is better than a different way of doing things.

It is a confiscation of property to expect the government to make the "instrument of value" called money which is why taxes are necessary. Also, we should serve that which serves us to keep it around; the government still standardizes peanut butter for companies to calibrate their equipment such that their brand retains the same consistency per jar and also that taste which you prefer over a competitor, for cheap.

Without government to allow for the ability to "engage in peaceful and honest trade", we would be engaging in hostile and unjust trade. Actually, what does "honest trade" even mean? There is a "fair price" in philosophy, I believe, yet also there's justice in "getting what you deserve". Truthful trade? What happens if someone commits fraud, who is going to prosecute fraud and also notice or even verify that fraud even occurred? Peace and truth are difficult to obtain without a big stick held by a detached observer.

The economy also includes logistics and other things, rather than just making stupid candles that smell like weirdo cellars where people put the lotion on the skin or it gets the whips again yet pretend they do chants to some all-powerful being where monks truly just beat each other over the head with sticks for not sitting right, when there is no right way to sit, and say nothing for years at a time. Though if I were a pilgrim on a rickity boat that made it to a place in Massechusetts and wanted a cigar... Ply mouth, I would grow a tobacco farm and make my own cigars!