Emotions are inherently amoral. You clearly have an excess of them.
Do you take issue with the definition of the term free market or are you trying to imply that a system where private entities engage in trade largely without government regulation doesn’t exist?
Says who?
What other mythical things do you believe in, liberal?
The tooth fairy, perhaps?
Self interest is a massive part of the open-source movement which is inherently anti-capitalist.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/self-interest.en.html
https://archive.fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6540-the-selfish-contributor-revisited/
And you are conflating self-interest with greed because… ?
Do you genuinely not understand the point that @[email protected] and I are making, or are you just wasting everyone’s time Charlie Kirking?
Again - you are conflating self-interest with greed because… ?
How about you define those two terms yourself, and re-read the comment thread.
You’re not having a meaningful discussion by arguing the semantics around “self-interest” and “constructive greed”.
We are. Right now. And backpedalling because you got caught peddling ridiculous bullcrap isn’t going to help you.
So, again - you are conflating self-interest with greed because… ?
Emotions are inherently amoral. You clearly have an excess of them.
Do you take issue with the definition of the term free market or are you trying to imply that a system where private entities engage in trade largely without government regulation doesn’t exist?
Come liberal, don’t be shy… tell me all the magical thinking you engage in on a regular business.
I’m willing to bet the ridiculous idea of a (so-called) “free market” isn’t even the worst one you’ve swallowed.