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Just because you paid for insurance doesn't mean you should get it (lemmy.world)
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EDIT: I think you should get the service you pay for, just so that's clear.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The free market is excellent at producing, at a reasonable cost, myriad voluntary luxuries like large televisions and speedy cars. These prices are naturally constrained by the consumers' willingness to do-without. When the consumer cannot rationally choose to do-without, the elegant self-regulation intrinsic to the free market evaporates.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

So well worded. I struggle to get this concept out when discussing the concern about grocery prices and why homesteading / community gardens are the only protection we can reasonably have right now