Added extra.

Medieval Monarchies barely intervened in the economy and it worked to an extent

Except they were at war with themselves non stop

and others

i mean that's not necessarily true

however that was a mix of authoritarian regime too

and also in the middle ages there were intermediary organizations that intervened in the economy

like guilds

@The Electric Lizard and everyone was miserable except the nobles who could get away with anything they want

and property was often awarded based on service to the state

as in military service

Also in the middle ages we had things like...villains

Not comic book ones

people who were owned from birth by the lord of the manor

it's not really comparable to laissez faire capitalism too much, though you could say it's comparable to anarcho-capitalism in that the state itself was privately owned

That's just capitalism baby. It was an agreement between two peoples! @Joshu

Contract slavery is okay!

Don't get too happy

Just don't sign the contract!

Your ideology is at fault too

being a serf was often better than being a wage laborer

No no, mine is fine 🙂

though the degree to which serfdom sucked varied

It was the authortarianism of the lords that kept it going

among place and time

@Weez just don't be born to people I own because they were born to people my father owned because....

My ideology isn't just authoritarian 😉

your strongest one is

Exactly. Abort yourself. @killerqwerty

It was your choice to be born in the first place.

Slavery is an inherently free market authoritarian affair

Did someone say; **FREE MARKET?**

if I can't own 50 slaves the state is oppressing me

Extreme auth leads to the gov being overthrown and a libertarianism usually more extreme versions of it

same but opposite with extreme lib

Maintain a balance

Slavery damages the freedom of the slaves

Doesnt matter

what does the gov do about it?

Nothing

they cant in your world