The free market is the natural state of human interaction.  People exchange goods and services voluntarily because it benefits both sides.  No one needs to be forced into a deal they want.  When individuals are free to act, they make choices that maximize value for everyone involved.

When the government intervenes, that changes.  Intervention is coercion—it forces people to make decisions they wouldn’t choose freely.  If coercion were unnecessary, the government wouldn’t need to step in at all.  What’s the justification for this?  The government believes you’re too dumb to make good decisions.  That’s why they regulate, tax, and control—because they think they know better than you.

But who really benefits from intervention?  Not the individual.  Politicians and bureaucrats do.  They justify their existence by imposing their will on the market, creating rules that suit their interests or those of their allies.  They claim it’s for your own good, but ultimately, they gain control and power at your expense.

Compare this to how the market works on its own.  Every day, people make billions of decisions—buying, selling, working, and trading.  The beauty of the market is that everyone is free to say yes or no.  There’s constant feedback.  If a product or service isn’t good, people stop using it.  But when the government steps in, that feedback loop disappears.  You’re stuck with whatever decision they impose on you.

Elections are no better.  You vote once every few years for a candidate, but you don’t get to pick individual policies.  Instead, you’re handed a package deal.  Once in office, politicians do things you never agreed to, and you’re stuck with them until the next election.  Compare that to the market, where every day you make choices.  If you don’t like one product, you switch to another.  The market rewards the best ideas because they serve people’s needs, unlike government decisions that serve political interests.

The government’s role isn’t to protect you—it’s to control you.  Intervention limits your options.  Free markets, by contrast, expand them.  In a free market, businesses succeed or fail based on their ability to meet your needs.  There’s no coercion, just cooperation.  The state assumes you’re incapable of making good decisions, while the market trusts you to choose for yourself.

So, next time someone says the government needs to intervene, remember: they’re not protecting you.  They’re protecting themselves.  Free markets work because they trust you to make your own choices.  Government intervention doesn’t, because it assumes you can’t.