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It's possible to have capitalism without certain shitty practices like this. It's entirely within the government's capability to outlaw these things.
by TulliusCicero 2y ago
It's possible to have capitalism without certain shitty practices like this. It's entirely within the government's capability to outlaw these things.
- wnc3141 2y agoThere is no single state of capitalism. We should think of markets as a fluid mass filling the vessel that government provides. In some places these practices are allowed, and other places these practices are restricted - markets form elsewhere in those economies.
- consteval 2y agoThe problem is that anytime anyone tries to outlaw something, no matter how obvious and for the health of the market it may be, "capitalists" will crawl out for the woodwork to exclaim "this is the death of the free market!" People do it here, constantly. Look at the FTC - they're charged with maintaining and enforcing a competitive free market. But when they make rules or prevent monopolistic mergers or anti-competitive contracts, conservatives and libertarians lose their minds. It seems nobody knows what capitalism is!