• mindbleach
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    8 months ago

    The invisible hand of the market finding the optimal solution is basically the 0th law of capitalism.

    And that means it actually happens. Yeah? Like, we could check? We could see if that is in fact what occurs, given the circumstances you assume? That’s a real thing that exists in this world? That’s what really results from that premise? With the same certainty as a law of physics? That’s definitely what happens, as routinely as apples falling off trees? It just works, always, everywhere, reliably and predictably? Never goes completely tits-up? Are you sure that’s what happens? Are you sure? Is that wh