Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post

On that regard, look at mob mentality or let's go full Hitler and look at Naziism. 90+% of the Nazi's were just normal folks who didn't really believe in the rhetoric, but also just wanted to get on with their lives. Still, they participated in the most iconic evil known to recent history. My point is that we can wax poetic about the goodness of people in the long run all day long, but it ignores just how much harm can be done in the short run.
Freedom of choice in markets works because it assumes people are not good (instead that they are self-interested, which is true). Government monopoly as a "solution" assumes that people are good.