Free market isn't some magic fix-all.

You can have open markets and still get wrecked by inefficiencies, scams, and straight-up injustice.

Government intervention? Sometimes necessary. But free-market maxis refuse to even acknowledge it. They worship the invisible hand like it's gospel.

Reality check: markets run on human behavior. If everyone's low-consciousness and greedy, the market becomes a casino for rug pulls and exploitation. That's when you need guardrails.

But here's the kicker—government consciousness is just as trash. Regulators are clueless, corrupt, or both.

So we're stuck in a loop: broken markets, broken regulators, rinse and repeat.

This is why crypto natives push for decentralized governance and transparency. Not perfect, but better than trusting either extreme.