Cowbee [he/they] to [email protected]English • edit-22 days agoThe Greatest Lie about the Red Scare is that it Endedlemmy.mlimagemessage-square159fedilinkarrow-up1895arrow-down152file-text
arrow-up1843arrow-down1imageThe Greatest Lie about the Red Scare is that it Endedlemmy.mlCowbee [he/they] to [email protected]English • edit-22 days agomessage-square159fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFartlink-14•2 days agoThe impure regulations corrupt the free hand of the market.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]OPlinkfedilink18•2 days agoIs the market some form of holy spirit? Regulation comes from the market, not despite it.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]OPlinkfedilink12•2 days agoRegulation restricts competition, and is a natural result of companies using accumulated Capital to institutionalize their own positions and maintain a given edge. Capitalism erases its own existence.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]OPlinkfedilink11•2 days agoMaybe, but you phrase it like we can have unregulated Capitalism for any period longer than an afternoon, and I’m explaining why we can’t.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFartlink-4•2 days agoWe’ve never tried it so we’re both bouncing hypotheticals off the wall.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]OPlinkfedilink8•edit-22 days agoWe can’t try unregulated Capitalism either way, that’s like suggesting we try feudalism. We can’t go back and keep the technological progress we have.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFartlink-3•2 days agoBut feudalism has been tried. In Scotland is was only abolished in 2004.
The impure regulations corrupt the free hand of the market.
Is the market some form of holy spirit? Regulation comes from the market, not despite it.
Regulation opposes the market.
Regulation restricts competition, and is a natural result of companies using accumulated Capital to institutionalize their own positions and maintain a given edge. Capitalism erases its own existence.
I think we’re both saying the same thing.
Maybe, but you phrase it like we can have unregulated Capitalism for any period longer than an afternoon, and I’m explaining why we can’t.
We’ve never tried it so we’re both bouncing hypotheticals off the wall.
We can’t try unregulated Capitalism either way, that’s like suggesting we try feudalism. We can’t go back and keep the technological progress we have.
But feudalism has been tried.
In Scotland is was only abolished in 2004.