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amelius • today at 2:27 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

A free market is like an OS without memory protection. Every process can scratch in memory everywhere they want. Some may like it, but for most people it's just terrible.


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someonebaggy • today at 2:34 PM

That's a deregulated market. A free market is more like an android phone (minus developer ID verification) where everyone gets a space, you can do what you want in your space, you can't intrude on others' spaces without consent, and the market is formed and boundaries are enforced by some higher power who is not part of the market and is out of reach of all market participants.

Or, you know, any actual market. Where I can sell whatever I want from my stall but I can't sabotage other people's stalls.

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