• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    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?
    But we can’t dismantle capitalism altogether, without creating an even bigger monopoly problem, the monopoly being corrupt governments like the soviet union and their 5 year plan economy, that very obviously wasn’t a very good concept.

    Maybe that’s what you meant, I’d just not call it anti-capitalism, when regulations are for the purpose of making capitalism work better.
    So just “regulation” is better.

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        Repubtard: HEY THAT’S SOCIALISM!!!

        Except Scandinavians have more freedom, and better free market 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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      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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        No unregulated capitalism is super capitalism.
        Regulated capitalism is capitalism we actually try to get to work as intended or “normal” capitalism.
        Social democracy is “Caring” capitalism. Where free markets and capitalism still exist, but is regulated to prevent exploitation of ordinary people.

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          Normal capitalism has a drive to become super capitalism. You can try to stop it, maybe you’ll succeed, but it will always strive to turn itself into super capitalism.

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      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.