Marginalized Margins.

            Discussions of marginalized people, the plight they face, and as to what solutions can be pursued to improve their lot, strike fearful chords in the ears of a proponent of a mathematically inclined laissez-faire capitalist. Altruists unfailing hurl insults at the free market system, and decry its institutions in the face of the poor, lying to them by claiming that their hardship is the result of capitalism. But, what alternative do the “humanitarians,” “leftists,” and “socialists” promote? Their plans almost always arrive back at something along the lines of centralized planning, excessive regulations, forced reallocation of resources, etc. In other words, the inevitable outcome of altruist principles: tyranny.

            I have one question for the Marxist lot. In what countries have seen the largest natural redistribution of wealth, the largest growth of social and economic equality, the fastest withdrawal from poverty and launch into prosperity and social harmony? This can only be seen in the very countries that have adopted free market-friendly policies. The exact system the Marxists attempt to defame is the only system that naturally leads to the things they support: prosperity, progression, and equality.

            Of course, there has ever been a truly laissez-faire market anywhere in the world. The closest seen was the “Gilded Age” in the United States. Where railroads were covered through the West, factories sprung up fervently in the East, and crops grew bountifully. If only people understood the production capacity that could be unleashed if regulations were removed, government ownership privatized, and the Invisible Hand were let to reign free.

… Allow me to enumerate in the logical, mathematical viewpoint.

            There is a field of study by the name of Game Theory. Game Theory allows mathematicians to calculate the probabilities of possible outcomes of certain scenarios. Based-on the study of these probabilities, the methods used to acquire them, and the attempted application of this practice to the natural world, essentially, mathematics can be used to predict human behavior, nature as a whole, the victor of in an armed conflict, market fluctuations, etc. Game Theorists, the most rational “understanders” of natural activity, have a general opinion of public policy favoring “Anarcho-Capitalism.” Anarcho-Capitalists understand that the global commodity market is at a fixed production capacity, meaning that there is a finite amount of resources. This “cap” of production capacity is determined by, of course, the natural capacity of the Earth, but more importantly by sovereign government regulations, international law, corruption, etc. Simply stated, if this cap is removed capacity will grow to meet the demand of the world population.

            Also, Game Theorists understand that the most efficient actor is rational self-interest. They understand that human are selfish, that even a seemingly selfless action is still a means of boosting the “Self.” So, if this unleashing of market power, by the removal of this figurative “cap” on production power is coupled with the naturally instilled selfish practices of humans and corporations – a scenario of legitimate free market anarchy, i.e. anarchy in the philosophical sense – the human condition will be optimized. In other words, the concepts deemed by moralists as sinful: greed, selfishness, ambition, will be the very ideals that pull those who have been pushed to the margins out of their horrid condition. Market deregulation in the realm of transnational capitalism is the only way to assist those of lesser fortune.

            Milton Friedman stated, “Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.” So, why rely on a decaying directorate for the solution to poverty, disenfranchisement, and inequality? Life begins with single decision to live. Prosperity begins with a single decision to be free. Let the market reign.