This attitude summs up the left’s contempt for individual consumer choice and markets:
“I cannot believe that the individual health care consumer can enforce through choice the proper configurations of a system as massive and complex as health care. That is for leaders to do.”
This statement can apply to every industry. Is food production and distribution massive and complex? Is private transportation production and distribution complex? How can consumers possibly make informed choices about products as complex as autos and cereal? Have you seen the complex specifications for autos? Have you seen the complex list of ingredients and nutritional information for a typical breakfast cereal?
My entire educaion on business and economics has been wasted. I need some retraining to adjust to the wisdom of our wise leaders. How does one acquire the vast knowledge to replace individual choices offered by markets?
If our stores sold only oat bran and toilet paper, many difficult choices would disappear, and life would be much better, and more equal for all.