• Flumsy@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Is there any system that is more fair and/or gives you more freedom? I havent found any.

    On a hypothetically completely free capitalist market, I can sell and buy whatever I wish and the value that I get when selling directly correlates to the value I’m bringing to the buyer. If I generated a lot of value, I have more capital so I can also buy more value using that capital. Sounds fantastic in theory.

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      1 year ago

      In an unregulated free market, you could buy milk, drink it and fucking die because it had poison in it.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah of course thats why there are regulations in place. Nobldy would trust that milj seller again though, so for cases that are not as bad as a human life being ended, the system would still work…

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            1 year ago

            Whats your point then? That a completely free market is bad? Yeah, thats why we dont have one.

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              1 year ago

              Of course not! Free markets are great, they allow me to make money however I please. But if you’re gonna regulate my business, at least leave me the opportunity to exploit my workers to some extent. I won’t be made obsolete by some stoner beatniks who think they can run my business better than I can in some high-falutin’ democracy. I own this place. It’s mine. I bought it with my own bank account.

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      1 year ago

      It is difficult for me to imagine what “personal liberty” is enjoyed by an unemployed person, who goes about hungry, and cannot find employment.