• pbjammEnglish
        123 months ago
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        When that song came out it hit 19yr old me HARD. I am now 51 and it still does.

    • Petter1English
      153 months ago
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      Land of the free market not free people 🤓

      • ililiililiililiililiEnglish
        213 months ago
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        Its not even a free market. Check the protectionism keeping Chinese EVs out of the US. Its more like the land of corporate profits.

        • CmdrShepard42English
          113 months ago
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          There’s no such thing as a free market unless you’re talking about places like Somolia where there is no government.

          • enkersEnglish
            83 months ago
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            That’s an unregulated market. It’s a bit counterintuitive, but an idealized free market would need to be free of price fixing and monopolization, and therefore requires regulation.

            That’s what all these invisible hand folk always get wrong.

            • Petter1English
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              I agree 😇 free market leads to one big monopoly which decides anything for anyone. Regulation is needed all the time, as we saw (and see) with Microsoft and now with Apple, Amazon, Google etc.

          • TelorandEnglish
            63 months ago
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            Free Market is to economics what The American Dream is to immigrants and citizens.

            Reality inevitably shines a harsh light on both.