R. A.:
There is a difference between free market and free exchange, just as there is a difference
between piracy and honesty, plunder and integrity, pillage and sharing.
Producers have value, and can create value, if they are free to engage in value-creating
work, if they are free to exchange what they have (their labor capacity) for what they need
(food, shelter, etc.).
M. P.:
And they are.
K. M.:
No, people are not free to engage in value-creating work. People must, at first, place
themselves at the mercy of the proprietors of capital who decide on whether or not the
non-proprietors get to work at all. Get it, yet?
N. P.:
I get it but it's bullsh*t. I see people engaging in value-creating work without capital and
certainly without capital that the average person finds it hard to afford. If you can afford a
lawnmower you have access to capital sufficent to work.
R. A.:
A lawnmower is not capital. In order to afford a mortgage and groceries, most people will
need steady employment with a reliable income. Having a lawnmower simply will not do.
If you own a lawnmower, you still need permission from home-owners and/or business-
owners in order to have some limited access to lawns that need mowing. Possessing a
lawnmower is not sufficient to secure income-producing work.
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