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It certainly takes something to look at a housing market where regulations enforce artificial scarcity and say that everything wrong with it is the result of ca

• Gibbon1 7y ago
  Capitalism is the reason that regulations exist. Apartments cost less than single family homes. Makes total sense for developers to get regulations passed that prevent that sort of competition.
  • DuskStar 7y ago
    I mean, I suppose you could call regulatory capture 'capitalism'... But seeing as most people's response to 'capitalism failing' is to call for more regulation, I don't think that that's really fair.
    • Gibbon1 7y ago
      I think you're under a delusion that 'government' and 'capitalism' are separate things.
      • DuskStar 7y ago
        Well, there exist countries that have government without capitalism, so yes I do believe they are.
        • Gibbon1 7y ago
          sigh... you can't have capitalism without government.