That's the achilles heel of the libertarian, free market will solve all problems ideology. 

The fact is, it's all well and good unless you or *your friends and family* are the ones that are injured or killed by unsafe food or other products. The whole "market will sort it out" line is much less compelling in that context.

Not to mention the fact that a system that relies SO heavily on individual responsibility and knowledge means people would be even MORE reliant on the media.  And the media relies on advertising revenue, often from large corporations that don't appreciate stories that might damage their bottom line.

Uh-oh, but who's going to stop the media from being influenced in such a way?  That would require (yeah, you guessed it) government intervention, which doesn't exist in libertarian/conservative fantasy land.

by Tom Hanc on 03/03/2008 10:51:13 PM EST

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