It doesn't matter if they get indirect and direct benefits.
Uh...yeah they do. Look another person who has never heard of Hobbes's Social Contract.
They can benefit themselves thousands of times over with money that they control.
Okay boy genius, tell me, can the average citizen benefit themselves a thousand times over in terms of defense benefits by self funding rather then taxation?
Furthermore boy genius, can the average citizen benefit themselves a thousand times over in terms of safety via cops and firefighting by self funding rather then taxation?
Next question boy genius, can the average citizen benefit themselves a thousand times over in terms of society progression in economic activity by self funding R&D rather how it is done now via the university systems?
And i guess you're right that markets don't always lead to the best allocation of resources for society. Only free markets do that.
Amusing. Tell me, how does a system that favors profit over all else lead to the best outcomes for society? Under your reasoning, private spending and funding on things like Chia and Rock pets benefits society more then spending on University educations, particularly in science and math fields.
Excuse me while I fall down laughing at your argument's insane logic. :rofl
And there is no such thing as a free market, well for any measurable amount of time as truly free markets are anarchy. And as human history shows, Anarchy always leads to Tyranny.
And i don't know where this allocation thing comes in. Wealth is infinite. Resources are infinite. Everybody can become rich, if they think and act in a certain way. Which is a whole 'nother conversation.
LOL. Another idealist.
I'm still waiting for someone to argue how completely private toll highways would be more efficient in economic activity then what we have now.
If you people actually believed that free markets
always, without exception lead to better allocation of resources, you should be able to argue that.