• InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Oddly libertarians never acknowledge that market leaders ask for theses things. The biggest threat to the free market are capitalists themselves.

          • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            There are 2 types of libertarians.

            One group is comprised of people who think the government should basically keep the military going, and handle foreign relations when that doesn’t impede private citizens.

            The other group is just Republicans who don’t like being called Republicans.

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        2 months ago

        I don’t think that has ever been true, really. Nor should it be, Laissez Faire is a trainwreck waiting to happen, probably literally and figuratively.

        Textbooks will tell you that the USA, and other countries like China and Russia, are a regulated “Market System” which in some markets teeters on strict Oligopoly.