>The mindless appeal to "property rights" seems to absolve you of the responsibility to consider these complexities, I guess.
My argument relies on acknowledging what you've said as the current, horribly dysfunctional reality. You don't need to state it plainly.
What happens to a society when a large subset of the population is forced to subsidize a 100% profit margin on the most expensive basic good most will ever put money towards, and it doesn't even buy them stability or predictability in access to that good? I guess we're going to find out.
My argument relies on acknowledging what you've said as the current, horribly dysfunctional reality. You don't need to state it plainly.
What happens to a society when a large subset of the population is forced to subsidize a 100% profit margin on the most expensive basic good most will ever put money towards, and it doesn't even buy them stability or predictability in access to that good? I guess we're going to find out.