• AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Raise the floor too high and suddenly nobody needs to sign up to be a murderer for hire to go to college. Suddenly people who actually know how the sector functions can create their own firms. Suddenly the idea of an industry being to big to fail and getting a bailout every decade isn’t as necessary. Suddenly your carefully protected tax shields aren’t quite so effective.

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      8 months ago

      Edit: Holy crap, I need to confess I misread your post and replied as if you were making a completely different point. That is my mistake, full stop, and after re-reading your reply I can only assume I likely confused you and others.

      Any extreme is bad, that’s true. But there’s a lot of room in between current affairs and the situation you’re describing I should have read that more carefully. Many of the happiest, healthiest nations on Earth (prime example being Nordic nations) have a model featuring government intervention in the economy and strong social nets while still being capitalist.

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        8 months ago

        And still being some form a republic/democracy.

        I’m a republican and I strongly believe if the people want and it’s constitutional, it’s fair game

        I also believe in regulations to avoid mega corps.

        I also support rules are publicly traded companies and wages.

        It’s been disappointing how many people, not politicians, have bought into we should let companies do anything they want.