Quote (RiskOfFire @ Dec 27 2014 05:24pm)
That's a very cute little bullshit story but then there's reality of how free markets work...
Able says he owns the lake, and his private property rights mean Baker and Charlie can't fish there anymore but if they work for Able he'll pay them each half a fish a day so long as they catch him 5 fish a day each. Then Baker and Charlie can rent a shelter from Able for a quarter fish a day, and don't forget the equipment they are using, that belongs to Able to, because of his God-given property rights and all. Baker and Charlie can rent that off of him too for another 1/8 of a fish a day. Don't forget this is all voluntary mutually beneficial exchange because if Able didn't let Baker and Charlie work for him on his divine private property they wouldn't have any fish at all. Able is a saint, a living deity.
Outside of your cutesy little bullshit in bold, thanks for reinforcing his point. Baker and Charlie are more than subsisting now, they have improved shelter, fishing gear, and savings on top of their living needs. They are better off, and so is Able. Stay butthurt though.
Quote (Skinned @ Dec 28 2014 05:22pm)
And uses fish that his former friends catch for him to hire mercenaries to force his former friends to keep working. They are named Pinkertons.
Pinkertons were good people, looking for honest work. It took murderous union thugs to make them famous.