Laissez-faire and the American Dream: The Cake is a Lie!

A lot of people seem to think that I support the free market because I disagree with socialism, but this is far from the case. The first misunderstanding here is that it implies that because I support capitalism, I must be against the conflicting model of socialism. Not only is this wrong on a fundamental level (because I'm a perspectivist, I don't believe that my beliefs are any more valid than anyone else's), it's also a misnomer, in that while I do believe in the free market, I don't believe in capitalism.

What I stand for is absolute freedom, which in this case would be "Laissez-faire" trade, the exchange of goods and services unfettered by government involvement, either in support, suppression, or regulation of. I don't believe that our government's economic model should be either capitalist or socialist, it should be stop-interfering-with-my-livelihood. That's what a free market is today, not this wannabe government subsidized, somewhat regulated, and sometimes (such as is the case with the oil industry) supported with our tax money. The free market needs to be free, and that means no government involvement.

While socialism may seem to conflict with this philosophy, it really does not when you consider that true socialism should be implemented not at the government level, but at the cultural level: Society. That is, everything works a lot more efficiently (and far less corruptly) when people are conditioned by society to embrace the ideals of socialism, rather than having a government that forces them to follow a system that is unwittingly against the conditioning they were brought up in.

In America's current system, we are raised to believe in this supernatural freedom, which we call "The American Dream", the idea that we're going to get a great job doing what we love, meet a beautiful/handsome mate who would love us and take care of us, that we can pursue our passions and get rewarded for the fruit of our labor, and in "the land of opportunity" the potential for furthering oneness is virtually endless.

But this American Dream we are conditioned to believe in and live our lives by is not only at odds with reality, it's also often at odds with the supporting government infrastructure, and even the law. We can't sell whatever products or services we like (many products and services are illegal, including some of the most common ones), and even those products and services which are legal, are more often than not illegal to sell without a license, a store, and a plethora of other "health and safety" requirements in which they oppress your pursuit of happiness via "inspections"

The American Dream really is just a dream, which although it may be possible with enough dedication to fulfill, government agencies trample upon ruthlessly in the name of "regulation", which ignorantly self-righteous bastards which call themselves "Progressivists" trample upon. So long as there is interference with our (unfettered) right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, there is no American Dream. As the Internet meme goes, "The cake is a lie!"