It would be nice to think that organizational efficiency and competence and superior products emanate out of personal standards and pride and the drive to achieve excellence. But, in fact, that isn't so. They primarily stem from a desire to retain financial income in the face of the possibility of losing it. In other words, they are the result of competition. Absent free market competition, the level of performance generally sinks into the abyss.
Think of government agencies and why 80% of the governments of the world ran on deficits last year. Think of business monopolies. Think of why totalitarian regimes limit, if not prohibit, foreign travel. Think of why the quality of education at public schools does not generally measure up to that of private schools. Think of why virtually all athletic records are set in competitions and not in practice. Think of how differently people deal with each other when dating and when married.
If you need a concrete reason why the government should get out of our way, keep its hands off our business, literally and figuratively, and why freedom rules the roost, there it is.
Benevolent competition is not a fight to the death but a striving for excellence and the glory of life. Our competitor is not our enemy but an ally in our quest to bring out the best within us.
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