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” I urge you to take a remedial reading course.”
Pot meet kettle, in the past week alone so far you have misread a letter printed in the voice of lakewood, a k innumerbale posters comments, and a article on hasagas gevul thatYOU cited.
“I pointed out that you distorted the SA by truncating the halacha”
Yet another example of your poor reading
Here is how I cited the halacha “חַיָּבִים בֵּית דִּין לְהַעֲמִיד מְמֻנִּים עַל הַשְּׁעָרִים שֶׁלֹּא יַרְוִיחַ כָּל אֶחָד מַה שֶּׁיִּרְצֶה, שֶׁאֵין לוֹ לָאָדָם לְהַרְוִיחַ בַּדְּבָרִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶם חַיֵּי נֶפֶשׁ Choshen mishpat 231:20”
you then claimed I truncated it “You truncated the halacha in the SA. It says “necessary for life”” which of course I wrote. (“שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהֶם חַיֵּי נֶפֶשׁ”)
At any rate Water is necessary for life, so if you maintain that IT doesnt apply to water you are arguing on the shulchan aruch.
“I pointed out that today everything has substitutes ”
Yes you pointed this out but
a. IT simply isnt true. (as I told you)
and more importantly
b. It still doesnt dispute my main point that the Torah opposes pure free market capitalism, as it puts limits on profiteering on (at the minimum) things that are necessary for life .
” I also pointed out that free competition would keep prices down. ”
Yes you did, though it isnt relevent to our discussion,. We arent discussing which system is better. Rathter what the Torah supports and opposes
3. “Be pious with your own money, not with others’”
Mazel tov.
the source you cite says that people should avoid competing with their neighbor even if not assur. One of the fundementals of capitalism is that competition benefits society.
4.
There isnt, because the US isnt a pure free market system whether (though not nearly to the extent the toah does) see RY’s comment above.
Though I cant help but notice that you havent actually answered my question.
Here it is again
“Also earlier I mentioned the Author’s introduction “These cases often arouse much controversy, especially since the Halachah is sometimes at odds with American society’s tendency to favor unrestricted competition.”
Do you disagree with his assessment?”