• CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    There’s no such thing as a free market unless you’re talking about places like Somolia where there is no government.

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      10 months ago

      That’s an unregulated market. It’s a bit counterintuitive, but an idealized free market would need to be free of price fixing and monopolization, and therefore requires regulation.

      That’s what all these invisible hand folk always get wrong.

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        10 months ago

        I agree 😇 free market leads to one big monopoly which decides anything for anyone. Regulation is needed all the time, as we saw (and see) with Microsoft and now with Apple, Amazon, Google etc.

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          10 months ago

          free [?] market leads to one big monopoly

          Unregulated market ≠ free market. That’s what I just explained. If you’d like a better understanding I’d highly recommend auditing econ 101 online through MIT: https://youtu.be/_OkTw766oCs?si=twyynoEzf-bi5k3m

          It’s not a tough course, and it’s probably one that everybody should take anyways, TBH.