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> "Free market" has disappeared from right wing political discourse for decades now. "Disappeared for decades" is pushing it, but I'd give you "reduced in prom
by palmotea 2y ago
> "Free market" has disappeared from right wing political discourse for decades now.
"Disappeared for decades" is pushing it, but I'd give you "reduced in prominence for a decade" (e.g. since Trump's rise).
That said, "an uncritical embrace of the free market/free trade" is still a pretty common stance on HN.
- AtlasBarfed 2y agoI don't remember the precise moment. I think it died in the Bush years when there was oodles of money being spent on two wars and PartD medicare and the new Homeland Defense boondoggle. There was a lot of money to be made off of the government in those days.