Awesome Point About Free Markets
Andrew Roth from Club for Growth writes:
If you want to see a free market in action, look at eBay. There are very few “regulations”, there’s only a nominal “sales tax” in the fee that eBay charges you to sell something, and that’s about it. The reason why eBay is so successful is because of their premise that “people are good.” The free market works precisely because people want to better themselves through trade. And they know that the best way to do that is through voluntary exchange, not coercion or manipulation. That’s a powerful lesson and a beautiful thing.
Often those that oppose free markets do so out of a deep seated mistrust of people. As a supporter of free markets, I know that on the whole, people are good.
August 31st, 2009 at 10:34 am
I don’t use ebay any more because there are too many crooks on there. People selling counterfeit goods or hijacking real accounts to rip people off. I know there’s still good folks on there, but for now I stick to craigslist, where you can deal with local people face to face.
September 1st, 2009 at 2:01 am
Wait, there are crooks out there?!
Huh. I guess people aren’t so good after all.
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Thank you captain obvious.