People in the Soviet Union were standing in line for butter. After several hours, one of them said:
“This sucks. Why does government control food distribution?”
There were some nods of agreement, but the young man behind him, a Phd student, said “the free market is great for the rich, but what about the poor? Who would feed the poor?”
“Can you imagine a system in which food is only grown and sold for profit??? A system in which everything was about MONEY!” said another man. “How barbaric!”
“I can speak to this personally,” said a fourth man, a drunk who wobbled on his legs. “Every day of my life I eat from my government quota of food. If it wasn’t for the government, I would starve!”
“Yes, you’re right, the original dissenter agreed. Perhaps food is too important to be left to the free market.”