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I was thinking about China but it can be applied to anyone. Free market without every one following exactly the same rules is not free market, or at least is no
by Darmody 6y ago
I was thinking about China but it can be applied to anyone. Free market without every one following exactly the same rules is not free market, or at least is not what I understand as free market.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoWe've never had 'exact same set of rules'. Leave dictatorships aside and just tell me what is 'free market' suppose to do when two legitinate democratic authorities have different rules? In EU we don't grant software patents, and don't have the patent trols problem, we have different consumer righs, no mandatory arbitration, etc. In germany they have roads without speed limits, etc. A product destines for success in EU might fail in US and vice versa.
- Darmody 6y agoYou're right, but the EU is not that different from the US. In general terms we could say we're playing by the same rules. And there are no special rules for Europeans and other for foreigners. If you try to run a business in, lets say, Germany. You have the same rules and the same obligations as any other German. That doesn't happen in China.
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