(June 3, 2011 at 12:00 am)Minimalist Wrote: Those "market forces" you mention Adrian are running the drug cartels, now. They are perfect little capitalists aren't they? They take all the risks. They make all the money. They bribe whoever needs bribing.
Supply and demand run amok!
Supply and demand working as intended. It should come as no surprise that when you cut the supply side then you simply increase the price of a much demanded product. Market forces don't "run" anything, they simply influence the price that commodities are worth. Your first four sentences(except the idea that market forces "run" anything) are very rational and exactly as I see the problem. What are you saying exactly? Should we keep them illegal?
If the government made puppies illegal then you better believe that the price of puppies would go through the roof. Hopefully they wouldn't cut them with rat poison.
Capitalism is just a model used to make predictions about markets. It isn't perfect but it certainly takes into account the biological imperative of all humans to seek out and satiate their needs and wants. Supply and demand never runs amok, it simply reacts to market forces. Government regulation is such a force.
