Have you read any Rothbard? Someone who is around now that you might find interesting is Bob Murphy.
As far as your question goes, the problem is that we don't have a free market. The government has a ton of red tape making it unprofitable for many companies to operate in the US. This causes companies to set up shop overseas for good reason. Because of this we have become a service economy, not the other way around. It isn't the free market that is hurting our country, it is our lack of a free market that is preventing us from competing with the rest of the world.
He has a good take on raising a daughter though: https://web.archive.org/web/20190821154212/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8-cjd5cdIU
Just the parts of the state they don't like are patriarchal.
Also, the state has taken over many functions of men, like welfare and child care. They don't need a man because they have the state. Which is funded by stealing, I mean taxing, men predominantly.
Good analysis, except that both sides don't play political football, just the Republicans. Democrats are good at ramming their shit through, like Obama care. Republicans are the Washington Generals, a pretend opponent that always loses in the end. The only time they pass laws are when they are terrible like the Patriot Act.
That is why Trump is so popular, he actually is getting shit done.
Regarding the fiat tactic, the dems also do this all the time. Might as well play their game in our favor.
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