Libertarian idealism imagines a free market of ideas, where everyone can say and do as they please, and market forces will sort it all out in the end.
But in reality, no market, of goods or of ideas, exists without rules. A market requires mutual agreement, shared interests, and long-term commitment. Historically, that has only been possible among closely related people who trusted one another enough to play fair.
When groups lack kinship, shared interest, or loyalty to the future, external regulation becomes necessary, rules against lying, cheating, fraud, and theft. Without such limits, what we call a “free market” collapses into a free-for-all.
Not liberty. Not even anarchy. But lawlessness.
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