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minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoPure unregulated Capitalism can’t exist though, there’s no such thing as a “pure” system to begin with.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThe impure regulations corrupt the free hand of the market.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIs the market some form of holy spirit? Regulation comes from the market, not despite it.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoRegulation opposes the market.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months 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-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI think we’re both saying the same thing.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months 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-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoWe’ve never tried it so we’re both bouncing hypotheticals off the wall.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-26 months 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.
Pure unregulated Capitalism can’t exist though, there’s no such thing as a “pure” system to begin with.
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.