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Even if you wanted to use the drug industry as an example, is that "true" capitalism? Or does the use of illegal force invalidate it.
Arguably the drug industry as currently constituted in places like Honduras isn't "true" capitalism because it's predicated on drugs being illegal, which substantially affects the supply/demand dynamic. A true no-holds-barred capitalist would make all drugs legal and freely saleable. At which point the profit margins in drug dealing shrink substantially and it all gets taken over my large corporations.
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But even there we see how hard it is to extract which factors impact the most.
My understanding was a large part of the breakdown was due to efforts against the drug trade elsewhere in the region which has moved it to Honduras - specifically the east which geographically is pretty sparse and wild. It's definitely the only place in Central Am I felt unsafe the majority of the time.
Even if you wanted to use the drug industry as an example, is that "true" capitalism? Or does the use of illegal force invalidate it.
Basically I feel that the "no true Scotsman" argument only seems to play one way.