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Comment: Re:Patents are by definition not the free market (Score 1) 240

by hawks5999 (#42798029) Attached to: Amazon Patents 'Maintaining Scarcity' of Goods
Of course the free market is a social construct. No one claims it is an entity. But it doesn't require government force for the protection of property rights and God help us if government gets to define property rights. Individuals can defend their property rights without government force.

I can easily lock my car to keep valuables inside it safe without the government's involvement. And the government is completely powerless to stop someone from smashing the window to get in and take my valuables.

For the record, I'm not speaking strictly of capitalism, but rather free markets. There is a difference. Adam Smith didn't write "The Wealth of Individuals." So if he is the basis of your capitalism then, yeah, there is a governmental role and it is not, strictly speaking, a basis for a free market.

Comment: Patents are by definition not the free market (Score 5, Insightful) 240

by hawks5999 (#42795767) Attached to: Amazon Patents 'Maintaining Scarcity' of Goods
Patents are a monopoly issued by government. They are the antithesis of the free market. This government intervention in the free market leads to ridiculous patents like this.

Many patents are filed defensively since someone else could use the force of government to prevent Amazon from conducting free market business in the future by getting this patent.

The patent, copyright and entire IP systems is not a construct of the free market and we could be so much further advanced without these government interventions.

Comment: Re:Fundamentally... (Score 1) 470

by hawks5999 (#42734377) Attached to: The Biggest Financial Fraud of All Time
POMO and interest on reserve holdings are indeed bailouts for the primary dealer banks. Not to mention the 16 trillion in undisclosed loans by the Fed to banks. LIBOR is just the bankers following the lead of the Central Bankers. It doesn't excuse RBS et al but you can see where their inspiration came from.

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