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Magical thinking
by Fitzpatrick

Your thoughts on the virtue of free-market capitalism are nothing new, and their flaws have been well-known for a long time, too.

Your philosophy is a great example of what's called "magical thinking" - if only we had X, everything would be better! It applies to the real world about as well as the "fairy godmother" model - or Marx's communist utopia model.

Apply a little empirical analysis and you'll see that unlimited free markets work to consolidate power among the wealthy. Democratic government, while flawed, provides a means to counteract this unnatural and oppressive consolidation.

The real world is a complex place, and simplistic solutions, such as yours and Rand's, don't work in it. Mature economic and political models account for this. Yours is for babies.

P.S. just a quick note on vocabulary: an unalienable right is one that cannot be abrogated under any circumstances. An unalienable property right is one that you cannot lose; in other words, you will always own your property, no matter what. Selling it, trading it, or giving it away cannot cause you to no longer own it. I suspect you don't really mean "unalienable."

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