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       There is no Free Rider Problem
       By: Raverlady Date: July 11, 2019, 12:11 pm
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       Everybody hates a free rider, right?  Lazy bums!  Society needs
       to deal harshly with The Free Rider problem!
       Except, that is not what that even means.  "The Free Rider
       Problem" is a term from economic theory that refers to public
       goods.  There is no incentive in a completely free market for an
       entrepreneur to make, say, a public park, because as a
       non-excludable non-rival good, parks will not give him a return
       on his investment.  So, "free-riders" prevent public parks.
       To which the answer is, So?  We don't rely on entrepreneurs for
       public parks, then.  We build them some other way, say through
       collective action via government.  Everyone "free-rides" at the
       park, but that is what it is for.  It's not a problem.
       There is no "free rider" problem in society.  It's a "problem"
       only for "free markets," which do not exist.  So the problem
       does not exist.  We have parks.
       Even a "freeloader," or anyone who doesn't seem to be working as
       hard as you, is a resource, not a drain on society.  His leisure
       is a net gain for the group.  There are no "useless eaters."
       Everyone is a resource.
       If we were a compassionate and logical society, we would
       understand that we must stop trying to end the welfare state.
       The general welfare is our concern and promoting it creates only
       good, no harm.
       P.S. Hi Ladies!
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