• morrowind@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I mean it’s a free market, it’s not reasonable nor desirable to proactively prohibit all possible bad scenarios

      edit: to anyone downvoting, read carefully

      • Garbanzo@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        That’s a really good point. I should be able to buy some people since it’s a free market and it’s just impossible to curb exploitation.

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          Now are downvoting because: What they said isn’t true… Disagree with what was said… Missed that they are pointing out a free market does not give a fuck about you; unless you are profits…

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        I was just saying that as I was about to send my 6-year old out to the corner store to go buy some cigarettes for me, since our free market hasn’t imposed any restrictions on that transaction.

        Or if you look at the housing market specifically, in my area at least, I can’t buy a second home in the same area as an individual. I can buy investment properties that I’d need to rent out, but I’m forbidden from owning a second residence for myself.

        State, Local, and Federal lawmakers are constantly proactively prohibiting bad scenarios. And in this case, it wouldn’t even be proactive, it’s literally something that’s going on right now that needs corrected.

        Homes are for people.

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        Gods yes. We can’t predict every sort of bad behavior in the market, only react. Bunch of arm-chair quarterbacks in here, “We should have seen this coming!” Watch 10 people tell me exactly how we could have.

        And on this issue, it’s high time to react. Doubt it will happen. :(