Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: My Dinner With Marc Andreessen Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 12:21:52 +0200 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <883a0f6f-3e2c-efda-3ce7-e943af73c633@example.net> References: <2a4c6859-bc2a-ad3a-0625-5a21db61204c@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-939481677-1720261314=:17764" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2340237"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:25172 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-939481677-1720261314=:17764 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Sat, 6 Jul 2024, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jul 2024 11:37:56 +0200, D wrote: > >> On Thu, 4 Jul 2024, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 12:42:22 +0200, D wrote: >>> >>>> I find it tragic that something like that should be necessary for >>>> people to lift a finger when it comes to protecting markets. >>> >>> Almost as though free markets cannot remain free without regulators to >>> keep them free. >>> >> Of course they can. > > No they can’t. Left to themselves, they fall prey to anticompetitive > practices, deceptive advertising, price-fixing, and just plain fraud. > That’s why we need laws, and a Government to enforce them. Freedom > requires order; anarchy is not freedom. > Incorrect. Read this: https://fee.org/articles/how-the-free-market-handles-monopoly/ . --8323328-939481677-1720261314=:17764--