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[[Free-marketism]] is a loose aggregation of beliefs that generally [[anti-governmentism|oppose government]] and favor private enterprise, almost always advocating for [[small government|"smaller" government]] or at least less government regulation of private business ([[laissez-faire]] economics). Some advocate for the [[anarcho-capitalism|abolishment of government altogether]].
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==Terminology==
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[[category:isms]]
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An adherent of [[free marketism]] is called a [[free-marketeer]] or [[free-marketist]].
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[[Marketism]] is a [[issuepedia:marketism/religion|faith-based]] political belief-system with a rich mythology and historical origins in 18th century liberal economic philosophy, from which it borrows authenticity while supporting a completely different goal. It has recently gained favor with the [[rentier class]] as a means of convincing the [[productive class]] to cooperate with their own subjugation.
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===Related===
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Ideas often advocated by marketists include:
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* [[Freedom to become enslaved]]
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* The "{{l/sub|right to work|misnomers}}"
  
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Free-marketism that only advocates for "smaller" government, i.e. deregulation, is a form of [[minarchism]].
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Marketist terminology:
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* [[/coercion]]
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* [[/contract]]
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* [[/discipline of constant dealings]]
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* [[/freedom]]
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* ''[[/force]]'' – see [[/violence]]
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* [[/initiation of violence]]
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* [[/natural right]]
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* [[/non-aggression principle]]
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* [[/obligation]]: see [[/negative obligation]], [[/positive obligation]]
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* [[/property]]
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* [[/property rights]]
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* [[/rights]]
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* [[/violence]]
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===Questions===
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Some questions for marketeers:
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# Do you agree that your philosophy has some issues that need to be resolved?
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# Do you agree that government sometimes "gets it right", i.e. sometimes intentionally does good things?
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# Do you agree that some amount of {{l/sub|coercion}} is necessary in any society?
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## How do you resolve the discrepancy between the idea of a "purely voluntary" society and the idea that it would be okay for private individuals to hire a police force?
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# Do you dispute that [[property rights]] are a form of coercion?
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# Do you dispute that the need for employment in order to survive is a [[economic coercion|form of coercion]]?
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#* <small>These two points have been raised [https://plus.google.com/b/109185295204629063487/+RobertHirschSandor/posts/KeCk3WiGv9M here]; no answer as of 2015-02-14.</small>
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# How is the complaint that "government has a monopoly on force" different from complaining that you can't beat up people who don't do what you want?
  
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Free-marketeers who advocate for the complete abolishment of government often self-identify as [[anarcho-capitalist]]s ([[AnCap]]s for short), a form of [[anarchism]], or as advocates of "[[Austrian economics]]", a reference to the [[Mises Institute]].
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===Techniques===
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==Beliefs==
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===="rights" means "law enforcement is immoral"====
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Free-marketeers generally believe some combination of the following:
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# Get you to accept their definition of "rights", which is that they are [[natural rights|created by nature]] (not humans) and yet are undetectable to science. (Kind of like "God".)
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* Government is not inherently something desirable.
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# Once you've accepted this, they get you to accept their (reasonable-sounding) list of what those (undetectable) rights are, because ''&lt;select arbitrary explanation from list and insert here&gt;''.
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* Government is inherently evil.
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# On the basis of that list of inalienable natural rights that you can't argue with because NATURE, they can then argue that taxation is theft and the use of force by governments to keep people from doing bad things is the Worst Thing Evar.
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* A society without government would be more free.
 
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* Without government, political power derives solely from reputation.
 
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** (Sometimes: [[All political power comes from government]].)
 
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* [[Unwanted monopolies cannot exist without government]].
 
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* Most coercion originates from government.
 
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* Government is the primary thing forcing people to associate with others they do not wish to associate with.
 
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** ''(...which ignores factors such as non-portability of major assets such as land and housing)''
 
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* Government has a monopoly on force.
 
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* A society without government would not have extreme wealth or power inequality.
 
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* In a society without government, any entity that acted malevolently would become unprofitable and thereby disempowered.
 
  
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(See [https://plus.google.com/b/109185295204629063487/+RobertHirschSandor/posts/KeCk3WiGv9M this discussion] for at least one confirmation of these beliefs.)
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==Hypotheses==
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==Arguments==
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Marketist philosophy may be summed up as "In the absence of government, we will be safe from people who want to exploit others because we can freely form organizations to protect ourselves from those of ill intent. These organizations are different from governments because they will do things the way I think things ought to be done, and because I will, of course, be among the leaders." (h/t Jeremy Nixon in [https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/N9sqQzHfhJn this thread])
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One common free-marketist argument is an expression of the {{l/wp|Nirvana fallacy}}:
 
  
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* Government is terrible because it kills and coerces people.
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[[Marketist]]s tend to hate [[George Soros]], partly because he is a rich white guy who calls them out on their worship of rich white guys and partly because he likes [[democracy]] and they don't.
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* If we all lived in a peaceful stateless society where nobody killed or coerced anybody else, then nobody would be killed or coerced.
 
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* Therefore if you don't support doing away with government, you are supporting killing and coercion.
 
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==Hypothesis==
 
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Free-marketist philosophy may be summed up as "In the absence of government, we will be safe from people who want to exploit others because we can freely form organizations to protect ourselves from those of ill intent. These organizations are different from governments because they will do things the way I think things ought to be done, and because I will, of course, be among the leaders." (h/t Jeremy Nixon in [https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/N9sqQzHfhJn this thread])
 
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
===Reference===
 
===Reference===
 
* {{issuepedia}}
 
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===Organizations===
 
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* [http://mises.org Mises Institute]: by far the most common source of free-marketist philosophy
 

Latest revision as of 20:19, 25 March 2015

Marketism is a faith-based political belief-system with a rich mythology and historical origins in 18th century liberal economic philosophy, from which it borrows authenticity while supporting a completely different goal. It has recently gained favor with the rentier class as a means of convincing the productive class to cooperate with their own subjugation.

Related

Ideas often advocated by marketists include:

Marketist terminology:

Questions

Some questions for marketeers:

  1. Do you agree that your philosophy has some issues that need to be resolved?
  2. Do you agree that government sometimes "gets it right", i.e. sometimes intentionally does good things?
  3. Do you agree that some amount of coercion is necessary in any society?
    1. How do you resolve the discrepancy between the idea of a "purely voluntary" society and the idea that it would be okay for private individuals to hire a police force?
  4. Do you dispute that property rights are a form of coercion?
  5. Do you dispute that the need for employment in order to survive is a form of coercion?
    • These two points have been raised here; no answer as of 2015-02-14.
  6. How is the complaint that "government has a monopoly on force" different from complaining that you can't beat up people who don't do what you want?

Techniques

"rights" means "law enforcement is immoral"

  1. Get you to accept their definition of "rights", which is that they are created by nature (not humans) and yet are undetectable to science. (Kind of like "God".)
  2. Once you've accepted this, they get you to accept their (reasonable-sounding) list of what those (undetectable) rights are, because <select arbitrary explanation from list and insert here>.
  3. On the basis of that list of inalienable natural rights that you can't argue with because NATURE, they can then argue that taxation is theft and the use of force by governments to keep people from doing bad things is the Worst Thing Evar.

Hypotheses

Marketist philosophy may be summed up as "In the absence of government, we will be safe from people who want to exploit others because we can freely form organizations to protect ourselves from those of ill intent. These organizations are different from governments because they will do things the way I think things ought to be done, and because I will, of course, be among the leaders." (h/t Jeremy Nixon in this thread)

Marketists tend to hate George Soros, partly because he is a rich white guy who calls them out on their worship of rich white guys and partly because he likes democracy and they don't.

Links

Reference

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