Indeed. There is a nascent alliance forming between socialists like myself and libertarians like many I respect: a “market” that has profit margins to increase

Indeed. There is a nascent alliance forming between socialists like myself and libertarians like many I respect: a “market” that has profit margins to increase prices but little or no competition to put downward pressure is a despotism. It’s a vampiric wealth transfer on the scale of great power GDP and many of us have fucking had it. If you can hear this, you are the resistance.