Deep@mander.xyz to politics @lemmy.world · 16 days agoAmericans — including many Republicans — are losing faith in capitalism, polling showslite.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up1369arrow-down16
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minus-squareclover@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days ago Monopolies are not the result of laissez-faire Monopolies are the natural product of capitalism with inadequate regulation. Laissez faire (hands off) is a lack of regulation. If government does nothing to prevent a negative outcome that it has a duty to stop, it is complicit.
minus-squarepanthera_@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·13 days agoOf course, in a free market system, companies strive to beat the competition, but government is required to ensure competition is fair and no monopoly is established.
minus-squareclover@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoSo what makes that market free? Or is that just BS marketing?
minus-squarepanthera_@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 days agoIt means companies compete with each other rather than being controlled by the government.
Monopolies are the natural product of capitalism with inadequate regulation. Laissez faire (hands off) is a lack of regulation.
If government does nothing to prevent a negative outcome that it has a duty to stop, it is complicit.
Of course, in a free market system, companies strive to beat the competition, but government is required to ensure competition is fair and no monopoly is established.
So what makes that market free? Or is that just BS marketing?
It means companies compete with each other rather than being controlled by the government.