Free Markets Are Intrinsic to Humans

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·Nov 3, 2024

Overall, capitalism is intrinsic to the human species. Capitalism is not something we invented; capitalism is not even something we discovered. It is innate to us. In every exchange that we have, when you and I exchange information, I want some information back from you. I give you information, you give me information. If we weren't having a good information exchange, you would go talk to somebody else.

So the notion of exchange and keeping track of credits and debits, this is built into

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