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Only the most extreme libertarians would say that the free market can replace all gov't regulations.
Those of us who believe in small gov't believe that one of the very few roles of gov't is to protect those incapable of entering in or understanding the consequences of engaging in such activities as porn. Therefore children would need to be protected by laws prohibiting child porn.
Adults engaging in making porn is made by consenting adults that understand and accept the full consequences of their actions. A child cannot, so this type of gov't regulation is necessary.
I would include prohibiting abortion since unborn babies are not capable of protecting themselves as another example where gov't regulation is necessary.
There are limits to everything. Kiddie porn is the most debased form of “free speech” and the purveyors and users of this are closet pedophiles and need to be put down like rabid animals.
There are limits to everything. Kiddie porn is the most debased form of “free speech” and the purveyors and users of this are closet pedophiles and need to be put down like rabid animals.
They would say that child porn laws are like rape and murder laws rather than being like taxes and welfare. I believe Gingrich said exactly this. Nobody is saying that rape or murder should be legal or that police forces should be abolished.
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The ironic part of this sentiment is that the truly free market (not the socialist utopia Dems and Repubs glorify) is the only moral setting in which two parties can interact without the threat of violence from an involuntary 3rd party.
We have corporate run jails. Isn't that free market enough?
I don't think the free market can supersede the will of the people. Particularly in the case of child porn, which pretty much everyone agrees has no place in our society. The free market does not dictate social norms. Nor should it. I would expect citizens to use what powers they have to eliminate any push to allow for the sale of child porn.
Probably the same way it would deal with hiring hitmen on Craigslist and other activity that would still be illegal.
What if you execute the wrong person?
Would due process still be a thing?
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