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How are actions by a government... "the free market"?
by LewisVerstappen 4y ago
How are actions by a government... "the free market"?
- culi 4y agoMany (most?) bills that have contributed to skyrocketing prison populations have actually been straight up directly written by private prison industry lobbyists. In one case a senator even accidentally left the logo of the lobbying group on the proposed bill
- diroussel 4y agoThe “/s” is Internet forum code for “sarcasm” which is a type of humour. This indicates the author knows it’s not true, but perhaps thinks it’s it would be funny if it was true.
- LewisVerstappen 4y agoOkay he edited and added the /s after my comment. Lmao there's definitely a ton of people who would make that comment unironically.
- loeg 4y ago/s isn’t a free pass for total nonsense statements.
- dennis_jeeves1 4y ago“/s” - learning new things...When did this come about though?
- loeg 4y agoIt's a shortened form of </sarcasm>, a pseudo-SGML end tag. Things of this nature have been floating around since at least the 00s and probably 90s.
- otikik 4y agoIn the US, politicians are bought and sold. That’s the Free Market.
- goodpoint 4y agoBecause US has the best government that money can buy. Jokes aside, the government and the largest market players are extremely intertwined.