I love the highlighting of all the subtle ways trade exists in our society within this post. I'm a professional gambler, and I constantly have to remind people that all things in life carry risk and can be viewed as gambling or risk. The level of health insurance you buy is gambling. Driving to see a friend is risking death in a car to see someone you enjoy spending time with. Flying to see family cross country is risking death for the reward of time spent with love ones. Risk is omnipresent just as trade is.

and while I believe in the idea of free trade, I can't seem to wrap my head around a lack of all regulations. Sure I hate the government's greedy paws dipping into everything I do, but some regulation is positive. Countries with stricter gun control have far fewer murders, suicides, and accidental deaths. Automobile regulation has made cars significantly safer over the years.

The problem is I dont see how to draw a line. Some regulation is helpful. But it becomes a slippery slope. Is no regulation really going to be truly better than how far something is likely to slip down that slope?

wrote a longer response here: Why is anarchy necessarily better?