cost externalization IS socialism.
That word... I do not think it means, what you think it means. As a matter of fact, I know it doesn't because what you're thinking of is called externality. Look up the definition of what Externalization is yourself.
Externality is the economic use of the word.
After going ahead and reading the article on Encyclopedia.com about Externalities, I have to say you don't know what the **** you're saying either according to their definition. It certainly doesn't mirror what I was taught when I took economics in college.
Cost externalization is NOT a free market tenet. It undermines a free market.
What is discussed on encyclopedia.com could be described as the 'law of unintended consequences' and/or 'shit happens, ******* deal'.
In my college level course on the subject, externalizing costs meant passing on the negative to those who consume the good or service. Not uninvolved third parties reaping or suffering consequences of the exchange by the producer and consumer. Passing on negative aspects of production, like taxes, fees and expenses for a producer are all passed on to the consumer. Why? Because otherwise the producer COULD NOT PRODUCE MORE as they would be unable to keep up with the price of doing business, and ultimately succumb to the pressures making them unable to produce more... shutting them down. This is known as good economic policy. Price yourself higher than your costs so you can make enough profit to support yourself and grow. It is a foundation of the free market.
If I sell bottled water, and I know that it costs me 20 cents a gallon to produce one clean gallon of bottled water, I need to price every gallon of bottled water at least at 21 cents a gallon or I would go out of business in relatively short order. If I choose to charge a dollar a gallon and earn a profit of 80 cents a gallon, allowing me to produce 4 extra gallons for the price of one gallon pumped is my choice and is possible as long as the public believes it is getting a good value for a gallon of water at 1 dollar a gallon. The fact that I am getting 400% profit is nobody's business but my own. It is not a sin, or crime or wrong. I priced it that expensive, and people are buying it at that price believing that they are receiving a fair product at a fair price. Caveat emptor.
Where the real issue is, would be if I was lying about the contents of what I sell and therefore defrauding the purchasers. For instance. If I say it's pure Cartesian spring water coming from rare mineral springs, and I got it from the ******* TAP in West Podunk, Indiana from their municipal water system, then they have a right to come after me. It's called criminal fraud.
This is pure capitalism, not socialism. But your mistaken use of the term Externalization is a psychological term more than economic term, and I made the error in assuming you meant Externalities. But it did provide the opportunity to show everyone, once again Tardtard, why you are the king of tards.
You wouldn't know a free market even if it painted itself purple and danced naked on top of a harpsichord singing "Free Markets are here today!"
There. I looked it up and schooled your ass once again Tardtard. You're beginning to remind me of an old joke who continually buttfucks a hunter that keeps missing the shot, and finally asks him "you're not here for the hunting, are you?"
