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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 861884" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>From the article:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Let's also make note, Apple, although enjoying certain gov't privileges, does collect it's money in a voluntary manner of providing a product that people can purchase or not. In most respects, Apple's money came to them via this voluntary mechanism of the marketplace.</p><p></p><p>In the case of gov't, voluntary actions are not allowed or tolerated. All funds at the end of the day are obtained not by voluntary market actions but by the point of a gun and under ultimate threat of death. In an honest society, the armed robber would be held in greater esteem because at least the armed robber makes no pretense about what he is to his victim and his victim does all they can to avoid him. This relationship is expected and in some sense respected but both parties are free to work them the best they can with all risks understood. Even in this relationship the state attempts to intervene to it's own self interests thus causing an imbalance which results in mis-allocations and the advantage of the market becomes tilted and bad results tend to prosper. Left alone, the ratio of risk to reward of robber to victim may balance and you likely would have less robbing.</p><p></p><p> Once gov't involves itself and builds a bureaucracy to address this intervention, like any other business model, growth and repeat customers become a necessary action in order for advancement and growth in career opportunities. Also you need a justification to continue the infrastructure investment of tax payer dollars as well as to grow the belief that self serving gov't is necessary to life itself. You don't think the explosion of criminal justice graduates and lawyers will lead to less laws and smaller gov't do you?</p><p></p><p> Also, in the case of gov't, it's victims actually seek out their assailant in the hopes of either salvation or special privilege. Typically they find neither but are deluded to think they have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 861884, member: 2189"] From the article: Let's also make note, Apple, although enjoying certain gov't privileges, does collect it's money in a voluntary manner of providing a product that people can purchase or not. In most respects, Apple's money came to them via this voluntary mechanism of the marketplace. In the case of gov't, voluntary actions are not allowed or tolerated. All funds at the end of the day are obtained not by voluntary market actions but by the point of a gun and under ultimate threat of death. In an honest society, the armed robber would be held in greater esteem because at least the armed robber makes no pretense about what he is to his victim and his victim does all they can to avoid him. This relationship is expected and in some sense respected but both parties are free to work them the best they can with all risks understood. Even in this relationship the state attempts to intervene to it's own self interests thus causing an imbalance which results in mis-allocations and the advantage of the market becomes tilted and bad results tend to prosper. Left alone, the ratio of risk to reward of robber to victim may balance and you likely would have less robbing. Once gov't involves itself and builds a bureaucracy to address this intervention, like any other business model, growth and repeat customers become a necessary action in order for advancement and growth in career opportunities. Also you need a justification to continue the infrastructure investment of tax payer dollars as well as to grow the belief that self serving gov't is necessary to life itself. You don't think the explosion of criminal justice graduates and lawyers will lead to less laws and smaller gov't do you? Also, in the case of gov't, it's victims actually seek out their assailant in the hopes of either salvation or special privilege. Typically they find neither but are deluded to think they have. [/QUOTE]
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