Comment on How can we return to techno-optimism?

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• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Anti monopoly and regulations against anti competitive practices are cornerstones of capitalism ensuring free and fair competition.
  So no, what we need is a return back to when these practices weren’t allowed, away from allowing these things more than ever as we do now.
  It’s easy to see Russia has become an oligarchy, why can’t we see it’s happening to us too?

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  • coolmojo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Let me tell you about the Nordic model

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    • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Repubtard: HEY THAT’S SOCIALISM!!!

      Except Scandinavians have more freedom, and better free competition than USA.

      Repubtard: BUT IT’S SOCIALISM!!!

      Ehrm, they also have better freedom of speech.

      Repubtard: WHAT? ARE YOU A FUCKING COMMIE?

      Actually they also rank way higher on democracy.

      Repubtard: WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?

      I don’t, but wouldn’t it be nice if everybody had healthcare, free education and social security so you didn’t have to fear to starve if you got ill and lost yopur job?

      Repubtard: HEY THAT’S SOCIALISM!!!

      …

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      • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ugh, my elderly neighbor was going on about how Harris was going to take away this and that, most of which I’d never heard her say or even read about her plans doing, and I said, “where did you hear that? It was Fox News wasn’t it?” He replied with, “well, what news do you watch?” I said, “it sure isn’t Fox where they lie constantly. Harris hasn’t said any of that crap … you need to get your news from multiple sources.”

        We’d be a heck of a lot better off if the news agencies were held accountable for telling lies and making up stories. Yeah, I know it’s a fine line but it’s one I’m willing to walk at this point.

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  • helenslunch@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Anti monopoly and regulations against anti competitive practices are cornerstones of capitalism ensuring free and fair competition.

    No, that’s the opposite of capitalism.

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  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s why they do regulatory capture to prevent that from happening. It all starts with money being equal to influence. This can temporarily be reset after a big crash of the system but sooner or later they start again.

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  • PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Refulations only exosg because Capitalism would consume itself without guardrails.

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