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Gilbert Gélinas's avatar

Who would enforce your free-market capitalism?

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notBob's avatar

Nobody enforces free markets, otherwise they wouldn't be free

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Gilbert Gélinas's avatar

Right. And since you need to be spoon fed, I was stressing that contradiction. Free market is what gave us the present situation, that is, the winners take over State power

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notBob's avatar

Well, excuse me for not hanging on your every word. Corruption of the free market by collision between industry and the government gave us what we have. Without government protection large market players could not rise and become monopolistic.

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Gilbert Gélinas's avatar

And that corruption erupted by sheer bad luck in your simplistic world view

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flint's avatar

"ENFORCEMENT" mean s no freedom. So, ditch that system/ idea.

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Gilbert Gélinas's avatar

Right. So the military-industrial complex would be free to do business as usual

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notBob's avatar

The MIC are apparently free to do as they please in our current fascist regime.

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Gilbert Gélinas's avatar

Yes. Free market eventually leads to fascism. You can call it black and white but reality doesn't care about your labels

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notBob's avatar

That's simply ignorant of human nature. Tyranny is independent of economic models.

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Gilbert Gélinas's avatar

That's your humble and ignorant opinion

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