• themaninblack@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It used to be that way in the U.S. but Americans love companies extracting rent at the same time the public is subsidising them.

    Americans are ignorant and utterly obsessed with laissez-faire capitalism

    • MiskatonicAlumnus@thelemmy.club
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      19 hours ago

      Americans are ignorant and utterly obsessed with laissez-faire capitalism

      The oligarchs are. The patriots I’ve met all understand that capitalism requires guardrails and protections. It’s similar to democracy that way, actually.