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minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThat distinction would be a hard sell for most capitalists I know. Regulation itself is seen as tampering with the “free market”, and therefore anticapitalist.
minus-squareRobaquelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoUnfortunately for capitalists, the “free market” isn’t the defining (nor exclusive) feature of capitalism. Profit and private ownership is.
That distinction would be a hard sell for most capitalists I know. Regulation itself is seen as tampering with the “free market”, and therefore anticapitalist.
Unfortunately for capitalists, the “free market” isn’t the defining (nor exclusive) feature of capitalism. Profit and private ownership is.