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Yes, but in the U.S. case we don't have theoretical free markets like that. There's too complex a network of government subsidies, unequal taxes, and corporate
by reducesuffering 10y ago
Yes, but in the U.S. case we don't have theoretical free markets like that. There's too complex a network of government subsidies, unequal taxes, and corporate lobbying putting many things on the market that would not survive normally. I'm not saying this is inherently bad, just that we shouldn't think we can just let things run its course and the less efficient things will be weeded out.
- okreallywtf 10y agoI would argue that if human beings and their well-being is important, a theoretical fee market system would not be ideal. Thats fine if you are willing to suffer as a result and the system is more important than you (or others) but because that will generally not be true we have to kludge it together and make the market as free as we generally can with exceptions to not ruin too many lives. Once you kludge it here and there you can start introducing kludges just for your own gain.
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