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I'm pretty sure the USSR would have loved to have technical enforcement mechanisms available so that the great unwashed masses could only use "domestic products
by bostik 6y ago
I'm pretty sure the USSR would have loved to have technical enforcement mechanisms available so that the great unwashed masses could only use "domestic products" anywhere.
Although, to be fair: a capitalist fears nothing more than a truly free market.
- Super_Jambo 6y ago'Free' markets are fine there are a multitude of ways to avoid competition without regulatory oversight. From lying about weights & measures to monopolies. What capitalists fear is a competitive or perfect market. But you'll never see anything close without strict policing of firms.
- bostik 6y agoThat is precisely it: for a hardcore capitalist the idea of having to compete only on price and quality is horrifying. If you can't have maintainable moats, rent-seeking environments, or bought regulators/lawmakers, what's the point?