“This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock built by the
ingenuity of millions of individuals all working for their own gain,
but whose efforts were coordinated by the prices for labor and materials
and finished goods provided by the free market.

I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the shower head, pipes, and sanitation
facilities whose construction also involved the efforts of thousands of
people acting in their independent interest. After that, I turned on the
TV to The Weather Channel, whose owners include one of the largest
multi-national corporations and private equity companies, to see the
week’s forecast presented in a clear, informative (and even
entertaining) manner. I watched this while eating breakfast of General
Mills’ inspected food and taking drugs whose strong brand name gives me
confidence in its safety.

At the time which millions of people coordinate their activities to take advantage of each other’s knowledge
and skills, I leave for work. I get into my Japanese-designed,
Mexican-supplied, Michigan-assembled automobile and set out to work on
the roads built by construction contracting companies and named after
corrupt politicians, possibly stopping to purchase additional fuel that
was shipped from the Middle East by an oil company at a per gallon cost
many times lower than the price of having a letter delivered across the
street by the government monopoly that loses millions of dollars each
year.

To make the purchase there is no need to leave the pump; I am able
to slide a piece of plastic into a small slot and get credit extended
to me by a bank who has never met me in person. On the way out the door,
I put out the Fed-Ex envelope containing the documents I need to arrive
across the country tomorrow morning and drop the kids off at the public
school which is attended by only the best students, thanks to the high
home prices in the area.

After work, I drive my Japanese-Latino-Midwestern car back home, to a house which has not
burned down in my absence because of materials developed in the research
and development departments of hundreds of corporations and which has
not been plundered of all is valuables thanks to the lock on the door
and a sign advertising the security company whose services I employ. My
piece of mind was not interrupted by the thought of these events anyway,
as I have both fire and homeowners insurance through privately held
insurance company.

I then log on to the internet to watch and listen to artists who don’t appeal to a broad enough audience to make it onto one of the few channels that a government monopoly allows to be
broadcast. I then log onto the democraticunderground.com to post about
how DEREGULATING the medical industry is BAD because low-cost, quality
health care can never be provided by greedy, self-interested people.”

http://www.csmonitor.com/Money/Mises-Economics-Blog/2010/0326/Samizdat-The-Libertarian-alarm-clock