The obvious flaw in this post is that this has nothing to do with a free market. The Open Insulin Project stands ready and eager to provide safe, effective, cheap insulin. What stops them? Not #capitalism. Not the #freemarket. It's the #FDA. It's the government controlling markets, which is not what #capitalists want; it's the doctrine of #socialism.
#freemarket
“Why are #Trump and his allies undermining #financialstability? There may be an element of #free-market #dogma. But as always with this administration, you shouldn’t underestimate the importance of simple #corruption.” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Getting Ready to Party Like It...
Big Tech vs. Free Speech - Candace Owens with Dave Smith
@benroyce @raganwald @AnnieBuddy @rozeboosje @CStamp @Pineywoozle
"a truly #freeMarket consists of *heavy* #regulation pointed at abuse"
Complete contradiction in terms.
@raganwald @AnnieBuddy @rozeboosje @CStamp @Pineywoozle
i like to use a sports analogy with the "free market" lies that end in "therefore, we must get rid of #regulations" conclusion by malicious and stupid #libertarian assholes
a football game with no referees becomes players punching other players, deploying handguns, and driving tanks
a truly #freeMarket consists of *heavy* #regulation pointed at abuse
(then we get to talk about how regulations are corrupted by the malicious 😩)
Ah, the classic move where #Cloudflare heroically tells Uncle Sam that blocking sites is actually a dastardly act against global trade. 🌐🛑 Because nothing says "free market" like pleading for the freedom to accidentally block Netflix while trying to banish pirate streams. 🎬🤦♂️
https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-tells-u-s-govt-that-foreign-site-blocking-efforts-are-digital-trade-barriers/ #FreeMarket #InternetFreedom #GlobalTrade #PirateStreams #HackerNews #ngated
Democracy cannot survive an excessively free market; and containing the market is the task of politics.
-- Robert Kuttner (NYRB (Dec 2017))
Remember, the vanquished always appear before the victor. President Xi did not come to the US; the vanquished appeared before the victor in Beijing. Good job, Donald. Way to Make America Great Again. You lost, and so did we. #trump #Xi #China #USA #MAGA #tradewar #trade #FreeMarket #recession #economy #tariffs https://www.dustinjbyrd.org
Perils of extreme inequality
"If 1% of the population controls most of the disposable wealth, what we call 'the free market' reflects what they think is useful or important." ~David Graeber, #BullshitJobs (2018)
If there is one thing clear after the elections
Netherlands
still a racist fascist nation with this so called #freemarket #voc mentality
#climateaction on u.s influence needed
Capitalism Trumps Central Planning - Peter Schiff and Tom Bilyeu
Grok 4: Bias Battlefield - All In Podcast
Just like living in the #FreeMarket Conservative™️ stronghold of Alberta #abpoli
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ov6zd7risdplxvivxmpsu5eu/post/3lzpqdfie5c2w
Want to know the key to what makes the automobile economy keep going? It is heavily subsidized around the world. China's automobile industry is no exception:
#auto #china #ClimateChange #economy #industry #subsidy #FreeMarket
🚫 Boycotting Intel until US govt dumps their shares.
Gov stakes in failing companies? That's cronyism, not capitalism.
Before you @ me:
📍National security → Use contracts, not equity
📍Jobs → Bailouts delay death, kill innovation
📍China → Beat them by competing better
Intel: -60% value, can't compete
AMD/NVIDIA: Winning on merit 💪
Every $ you spend = a vote. I'm voting for actual competition.
Am I wrong? Convince me 👇
#Intel #TechEthics #YourMoneyYourVote #Semiconductors #FreeMarket
Once free-market advocates, Trump’s economic team now defends state-led capitalism as the only way to compete with China’s subsidised, strategically-directed economy.
The government has taken a $8.9bn, 10% stake in Intel, and the Pentagon has bought 15% of MP Materials, a rare earth producer, while guaranteeing it above-market prices. #freemarket
If you are in #business and you claim #regulation is burdensome, you are admitting that your only goal is to utterly maximize your own gains through screwing people over, and you don't want someone looking over your shoulder while you do it.
"Free" markets are just a playground for amoral economic predators.
These developments could herald a shift from America’s vaunted #FreeMarket system to one that resembles, at least in some corners, a form of #state-managed #capitalism more frequently seen in #Europe &, to a different degree, #China & #Russia, say lawyers, bankers & academics steeped in the history of #HostileTakeovers & international #business
#Trump #economy #law #fascism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #autocracy #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/business/trump-intel-us-steel-nvidia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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