The following post
is only for adults and those who are not free market libertarians.
I have received some
criticism from a few readers who believe that I have been harsh, too
harsh, on the holy free market in this blog. They say that I know
very well that the free market can, in many circumstances, set prices
in a way that correctly assesses value in a distributed fashion. And furthermore, that it is the free market that has the best chance and a track record of helping the poor. They request that I correct this imbalance by giving an example that
shows this and I have decided to comply.
Let us take the
example of a family in Great Britain, the land of Adam Smith, during
the enclosure period. The rich have used their control of the
political process to seize the common lands and the small farmer can
no longer use the commons as their traditional rights provided. They
are of course impoverished and thrown off their farm. The husband
and father is killed in a foreign war defending the privileges of the
rich and the mother has to support the family by working in a mill
for 16 hours a day 7 days a week.
But her child gets
sick and will die without an operation she can not afford.
That is only fair of
course, as only the rich should be able to get competent health care.
The poor, who can not afford it, do not deserve to have decent
health care because they do not have the money. That is the way the pure free market works.
The owner of the
mill comes to the rescue by offering to pay for the operation and
save the life of her child if she will allow him to sodomize her many
times and allow his friends to do so as well.
Now I wish to reprimand those readers of this blog who are jumping to conclusions that I mean that the wealthy here wish to literally sodomize our young working woman. They may only wish to figuratively sodomize her. You must rise above your base understanding of the world and think metaphorically, I implore you.
Now I wish to reprimand those readers of this blog who are jumping to conclusions that I mean that the wealthy here wish to literally sodomize our young working woman. They may only wish to figuratively sodomize her. You must rise above your base understanding of the world and think metaphorically, I implore you.
Getting back to our heartwarming parable about how the free market elevates the downtrodden, how will this working woman whose services are so sought after set the price for being sodomized by the rich?
This is where the free market comes to the rescue. We can examine
what impoverished women sell their bodies for based of course on
supply and demand and the “special requests” such as our factory
owner has. Then a fair price can be set by the free market, which is not distorted by inefficient government regulation, and society
as a whole is made better by this efficient solution.
Thus this poor woman
has received all the benefit that the free market has to offer the
poor.
Clearly, we should
set all our policies for society and make decisions on health care,
employment, education, access to the political process, access to opportunity and so forth based on what the free market for services
and products determines. I can not imagine that we would consider
anything else given the obvious advantages this system naturally
provides.
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