> It's not "an ideology", by the way. It's simple truth, and I pointed to one element of why it's obvious:
That fallacy is called ipse dixit, roughly translated as I say so, therefore it is.
> bureaucrats just aren't particularly prudent when they are using our money
And that's the fallacy of the excluded middle. Just because (some) bureaucrats aren't particularly prudent when using our money, it doesn't follow that (as you alleged before) the free market is always better.
> But whatever your complaint there is, it's based on the flawed premise that there is some One True Way <X> should be, and that central planning intervention is necessary to make it so.
I actually happen to think the opposite of the two assertions that you claim constitute my premise.
That fallacy is called ipse dixit, roughly translated as I say so, therefore it is.
> bureaucrats just aren't particularly prudent when they are using our money
And that's the fallacy of the excluded middle. Just because (some) bureaucrats aren't particularly prudent when using our money, it doesn't follow that (as you alleged before) the free market is always better.
> But whatever your complaint there is, it's based on the flawed premise that there is some One True Way <X> should be, and that central planning intervention is necessary to make it so.
I actually happen to think the opposite of the two assertions that you claim constitute my premise.