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"And it's not like the Democrats are super-good on this issue either!" Democrats don't claim to be "super-good" on free markets. Democrats would rather see fai

"And it's not like the Democrats are super-good on this issue either!" Democrats don't claim to be "super-good" on free markets. Democrats would rather see fair treatment of employees and consumers, even if it makes the markets "less free".

ghaff 8y ago
>Democrats would rather see fair treatment of employees and consumers It's been a strongly Democrat-controlled MA legislature that has avoided passing non-compete reform for a decade or more.
- Latteland 8y ago
  Plus false equivalence is a way of dismissing anything you can't support. Dems should be more likely to support this because it helps individuals. It also likely helps the whole business economy too.
  - s73v3r_ 8y ago
    I don't know where you're getting this isn't supported. I'm entirely on board with this; I just wish it went further.
eli_gottlieb 8y ago
>Democrats don't claim to be "super-good" on free markets. Democrats would rather see fair treatment of employees and consumers, even if it makes the markets "less free". One would think that fair treatment of workers and consumers would involve significantly more stringent enforcement of antitrust law. This is why I appreciate having Elizabeth Warren as our Senator: she has spent her life fighting for our basic interests on issues that weren't sexy enough to get a thousand-person protest march going.
- rectang 8y ago
  I also admire Warren's emphasis on competitive markets. It's the main thing that draws me to Warren-style capitalism, and I'm with you that "competitive markets" is a worthy rejoinder to "free markets". Free markets deliver monopolies. Competitive markets deliver innovation.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  >This is why I appreciate having Elizabeth Warren as our Senator: she has spent her life fighting for our basic interests on issues that weren't sexy enough to get a thousand-person protest march going. She'd have been able to do a lot more good for us if she were still fighting those fights instead of toeing the party line as a senator. There's plenty of other senators to toe the party line day in and day out. Politicians that want to protect consumers are much rarer.
  - DerekL 8y ago
    Just so you know, the phrase is “toeing the party line”.
  - eli_gottlieb 8y ago
    Have you seen the co-determination and anti-corruption bills she just proposed? They're excellent.

ghaff 8y ago

>Democrats would rather see fair treatment of employees and consumers It's been a strongly Democrat-controlled MA legislature that has avoided passing non-compete reform for a decade or more.

Latteland 8y ago
Plus false equivalence is a way of dismissing anything you can't support. Dems should be more likely to support this because it helps individuals. It also likely helps the whole business economy too.
- s73v3r_ 8y ago
  I don't know where you're getting this isn't supported. I'm entirely on board with this; I just wish it went further.

eli_gottlieb 8y ago

>Democrats don't claim to be "super-good" on free markets. Democrats would rather see fair treatment of employees and consumers, even if it makes the markets "less free". One would think that fair treatment of workers and consumers would involve significantly more stringent enforcement of antitrust law. This is why I appreciate having Elizabeth Warren as our Senator: she has spent her life fighting for our basic interests on issues that weren't sexy enough to get a thousand-person protest march going.

rectang 8y ago
I also admire Warren's emphasis on competitive markets. It's the main thing that draws me to Warren-style capitalism, and I'm with you that "competitive markets" is a worthy rejoinder to "free markets". Free markets deliver monopolies. Competitive markets deliver innovation.
dsfyu404ed 8y ago
>This is why I appreciate having Elizabeth Warren as our Senator: she has spent her life fighting for our basic interests on issues that weren't sexy enough to get a thousand-person protest march going. She'd have been able to do a lot more good for us if she were still fighting those fights instead of toeing the party line as a senator. There's plenty of other senators to toe the party line day in and day out. Politicians that want to protect consumers are much rarer.
- DerekL 8y ago
  Just so you know, the phrase is “toeing the party line”.
- eli_gottlieb 8y ago
  Have you seen the co-determination and anti-corruption bills she just proposed? They're excellent.