The_Maine_Viking t1_it9k7wz wrote on October 21, 2022 at 10:53 PM

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Also, unless you are in your 70's or older you have never experienced real capitalism. The free market hasn't existed for a LONG time.

Antnee83 t1_it9n5iy wrote on October 21, 2022 at 11:16 PM

> Also, unless you are in your 70's or older you have never experienced real capitalism. The free market hasn't existed for a LONG time.

Oh that's just straight up nonsense revisionism. What's your angle here? Absence of subsidies? What?

Because basically the exact same government/business relationship existed then as it does now.

Bywater t1_it9l21e wrote on October 21, 2022 at 10:59 PM

That's assuming it ever really did. At its foundation the societal elements required as scaffolding for a "free market" ensure that you will never have a level playing field, that is required to have that free market. Adam Smith himself pointed out that even with the "invisible hand" driving things the crown, state or whatever would always pick winners and losers.

edit: punctuation