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The objection is that this is a country that guarantees freedom for individuals. Freedom encompasses economic freedom, you can't have a free nation without econ
by brigadier132 3y ago
The objection is that this is a country that guarantees freedom for individuals. Freedom encompasses economic freedom, you can't have a free nation without economic freedom.
- cratermoon 3y ago> this is a country that guarantees freedom for individuals It does a piss-poor job of that for the majority of individuals > Freedom encompasses economic freedom That's a relatively recent, capitalistic, construction. See, e.g. The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market, by Erik M. Conway and Naomi Oreskes
- standardUser 3y agoEvery nation in the world, including the US, has a vast public sector, some form of industrial policy, and several libraries worth of economic regulations.
- notacoward 3y agoWould you say that most people in the US have economic freedom, or has its limitation just been outsourced from the official government to the shadow government of cronies?