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Comment by Arainach

7 hours ago

>Since when did we restrict people's ability to do things?

When those things impact other people - such as by skyrocketing utility prices, overloading the electrical grid, and more.

I thought this was a free market? Or is that not how things work anymore?

  • An absolute free market would, by definition, permit the selling of the service "restrict someone's freedom for me".

    Not sure if that leaves it a free market. So if we're gonna be talking holes in the cheese - seems like you're reasoning in terms of a basically self-contradictory notion.

    But truly, what do you reckon about the 1st point, in terms of the interpretation of market freedom which you use?