Mon Jun 6, 2022 – 8:07 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Two of the most sacred tenets of a liberal economy are the notions of moral neutrality and free markets. Wall Street does not get involved in personal beliefs and mores because it is bad for business. As long as the right of property and contracts are respected, the classical liberal is unconcerned with clashing religious beliefs. In the words of Thomas Jefferson, “It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
Thus, the liberal businessman is only looking for sales and profits.
That is not to say that big business has always followed this economic policy. The constant trade with communist countries is an example of how big business supports immoral and oppressive regimes that pick pockets, break legs, and maintain unfree markets. When it comes to the left, big business violates its own liberal rules.
However, most businesses outside the liberal establishment try to avoid the culture wars, preferring to sell to both sides while staying out of the crossfire.
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