Definitely creates strict boundaries and forces the other side to be one thing or the other in absolute terms.

Tends to be quite amusing most of the time and is the source of most pointless arguments. It is possible to be a capitalist without thinking that BOA execs deserve bonuses for losing big and demaniding support from the government.

Most direct financial transactions are pretty straight forward until huge banks get involved. They are simply unmanageble in any real terms. Sometimes the "economies of scale" work against you.