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this is why schools still assign upton sinclair
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(and why conservatives hate public schools, ofc)
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Yes, and that's why, even in brutal hypercapitalist America, we fucking regulate the free market.
And why we should abolish the free market in the long run, for that matter.
Because having the "freedom" to buy poisonous adulterated foodstuffs, if you're too poor to buy real good food, is like having the "freedom" to accept sub-minimum wages if you're desperate enough for money. Not freedom, but exploitation.
I wish we were hyper-capitalist, what we really have is privatized profits and socialized losses.
If we were hyper-capitalist, we would have let banks and businesses fail in 2008.
The problem is we have a system that is protects businesses, and antagonizes individuals.
I don't know about that. The current administration are definitely trying to nuke out every regulation they can, starting by shutting down the regulating agencies. A law that isn't enforced is a polite joke - every one of the people in charge have seen that, so they're ending enforcement.
Abolish free market?
You want the government to control all the means of production and the distribution of wealth, and be able to dictate the prices of goods and services and wages?
Like it sounds nice, just like communism in theory.
Could it work out? Sure. Would it? I don't think so