> But then you then use that to argue that therefore people should be able to force others to behave in a certain way. You know?
I'm not sure how I'm arguing to be able to force others to behave in certain way. I'm against some people being able to punch others; so in that sort of sense, I'm for that sort of controlling others' behavior. But this is no paradox, it's fundamental about what sort of control we're exerting on others.
Is it to increase all our freedom and letting us interact more? Or are we restricting people's behavior to prevent overall freedom?
When a cartel forms, and controls the market, is that regular market behavior? It's certainly to the cartel's benefit, and it's most certainly the natural thing for a cartel to act in its own self interest. But we outlaw that in markets, because they overall greatly restrict markets from operating.
I'm hugely hesitant to view everything from the point of view of markets, but if we were to do that, it's clear that local municipalities are acting as housing cartels on the behalf of a minority of the residents of a community. It's landowners highly constraining the use of land such they benefit and restrict the rest of the market from using land in ways that the cartel disapproves of (for example, multi-unit apartments).