Your freedom to act does not include acting to harm others.
There is no harm in this case. The harm comes from infrigning on people's private property rights, if anything.
We aren't talking about private markets. We are talking about free markets. Private markets are by definition, not free.
Your definition continues to be strange. A free market is a marketplace comprised of private marketplaces - your private bookstores, your private grocers, etc.
BTW, I'm still waiting for your Adam Smith quotes which supports your suggestion that markets which exclude participation are free.
You'll be waiting for a while then. You said you prefer Smith's arguments, so I told you that you can go read those if you prefer. I did not cite Smith at any point.
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Re: Public and Private Discrimination
Date: 31/10/11 18:36 (UTC)There is no harm in this case. The harm comes from infrigning on people's private property rights, if anything.
We aren't talking about private markets. We are talking about free markets. Private markets are by definition, not free.
Your definition continues to be strange. A free market is a marketplace comprised of private marketplaces - your private bookstores, your private grocers, etc.
BTW, I'm still waiting for your Adam Smith quotes which supports your suggestion that markets which exclude participation are free.
You'll be waiting for a while then. You said you prefer Smith's arguments, so I told you that you can go read those if you prefer. I did not cite Smith at any point.