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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 936761" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>1) Actually, these are not examples nor were they cherry-picked.</p><p>I listed these in response to UpState's request as to how I engage in Black Market commerce... as a consumer.</p><p></p><p>2) I contend that these people I consume from are in a free market...or at least closer to a free market than the rest of the economy. I have not heard that Libertarian theory is predicated on an overall free market ... the more free the better though.</p><p></p><p>3) But what if you got your seeds from other places from Monsanto. There is a huge market for "ancient" seeds that have not been adapted. I know people who sell seeds (coincidental that you bring that up) and they make a pretty good living selling these seeds without paying taxes or being regulated. I'm sure soybean seed in China and other countries can be used in those countries and probably healthier for the consumer. I am not familiar with the Monsanto soybean fiasco but that is definitely cherry picking <em>or is it bean picking</em>.</p><p></p><p>4) There are a myriad of courier and small package companies out there now that compete with the USPS, UPS and FedEx.</p><p></p><p>5) There probably is not real free market anywhere because that is an idealistic concept as all systems are.</p><p></p><p>You seem to have a defeatist streak in your nature. I personally believe that individuals can free themselves of the confining yoke of governments and large Corporations. There does not have to be an upheaval type revolution that destroys society, wealth and our freedoms. There is a way to change from within the system but that way means we as individuals must make conscious choices such as I do. I go out of my way to buy goods and services from individuals when I can and that sometimes means I pay higher prices. It means I support Libertarian candidates whenever I can so those ideas can be used to disrupt the comfortable Republicans and Democrats. The Republican Party has been a big government party that spends, spends, spends just like the Democrats. The movement to reduce spending and cutback the size of the government did not come from the establishment Republicans but from the Libertarian influenced people that infiltrate the Republicans. We shall overcome the establishment because it is the right thing for the country and the right thing for the citizens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 936761, member: 7966"] 1) Actually, these are not examples nor were they cherry-picked. I listed these in response to UpState's request as to how I engage in Black Market commerce... as a consumer. 2) I contend that these people I consume from are in a free market...or at least closer to a free market than the rest of the economy. I have not heard that Libertarian theory is predicated on an overall free market ... the more free the better though. 3) But what if you got your seeds from other places from Monsanto. There is a huge market for "ancient" seeds that have not been adapted. I know people who sell seeds (coincidental that you bring that up) and they make a pretty good living selling these seeds without paying taxes or being regulated. I'm sure soybean seed in China and other countries can be used in those countries and probably healthier for the consumer. I am not familiar with the Monsanto soybean fiasco but that is definitely cherry picking [I]or is it bean picking[/I]. 4) There are a myriad of courier and small package companies out there now that compete with the USPS, UPS and FedEx. 5) There probably is not real free market anywhere because that is an idealistic concept as all systems are. You seem to have a defeatist streak in your nature. I personally believe that individuals can free themselves of the confining yoke of governments and large Corporations. There does not have to be an upheaval type revolution that destroys society, wealth and our freedoms. There is a way to change from within the system but that way means we as individuals must make conscious choices such as I do. I go out of my way to buy goods and services from individuals when I can and that sometimes means I pay higher prices. It means I support Libertarian candidates whenever I can so those ideas can be used to disrupt the comfortable Republicans and Democrats. The Republican Party has been a big government party that spends, spends, spends just like the Democrats. The movement to reduce spending and cutback the size of the government did not come from the establishment Republicans but from the Libertarian influenced people that infiltrate the Republicans. We shall overcome the establishment because it is the right thing for the country and the right thing for the citizens. [/QUOTE]
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