Quote from: StonedEmo on September 07, 2012, 08:14 pmYour agorism is nonsense.Instead of stating your belief, why not back up your argument? Your reply is akin to me stating "YOU'RE nonsense." It has no value, adds nothing to your argument and the only thing it achieves is making you out to look rather uneducated, which I'm sure was not your intention.. ???Quote from: StonedEmo on September 07, 2012, 08:14 pmQuote from: grahamgreene on September 07, 2012, 07:14 pmthe markets (i.e. the buyers) dictate the pricesCorrect! The number of imprisoned buyers dictate the prices. Your drugs wouldn't cost more than useless junk if they were legal. The more people are in jail, the more risky the whole enterprise is, the bigger the prices. Want a principle? Here it is: May you die today so that I die tomorrow.Incorrect. Supply and demand dictates the prices, which itself is dictated by the prices that buyers are willing to pay. Your argument is invalid as legal drugs also command relatively high prices - pharmaceutical companies, in particular, charge outrageously high prices for their drugs; drugs which are legal, and cost mere pennies to produce, making the companies vast sums of money after the research and development costs have been satisfied. I will also ask you to note that I state "the markets (i.e. the buyers) dictate the prices", not "the number of imprisoned buyers dictate the prices." The latter doesn't really make sense as you go on to state that "the more people are in jail, the more risky the whole enterprise is, the bigger the prices."First you say that imprisoned buyers dictate price, then you directly contradict yourself by saying that imprisoned suppliers (i.e. the ones taking the risk) in jail, the higher the price. Which is it? I'm genuinely confused about where you're getting your information... ???Riskier enterprise =/= "the bigger the prices." The prices are dictated by what the buyer is willing to pay for them. Sure, prices are jacked up as the risk increases, but that does not mean that people have to pay those prices. If they choose not to then the price will drop, demonstrating that the market dictates the prices, not the supplier.As for:QuoteWant a principle? Here it is: May you die today so that I die tomorrow.That literally has NOTHING to do with the current debate. If I'm mistaken please do enlighten me, but what has that got to do with either agorism or capitalism?What you have stated is basically just a principle of self-preservation in quote form. It is entirely out of place here, and contributes nothing to your argument.Again I'll ask:Quote from: grahamgreene on September 07, 2012, 07:14 pm... do you even know what agorism is? ???