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C_bells t1_isadfxw wrote

That would mean regulating corporations which is something we don’t do in Ronald Reagan’s beautiful free market America

Edit to clarify: Prisons are businesses. Also corporations are the ones using prison labor. So, good luck telling them that they have to essentially use their prison labor for something specific.

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Artguy_nyc t1_iti9nmr wrote

What’s your alternative solution to free market?

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C_bells t1_itktxv1 wrote

A regulated market.

A free market is not a static thing. We don’t have a 100% free market right now. It’s a gradient.

Imo, free markets can get quite ugly without enough regulation. For instance, right now many hospitals are shutting down their pediatric wards because they just aren’t as profitable as adult medicine.

Our healthcare system in general is a good example.

Aside from that, wealth inequality is just getting bad. Sure, we can let it get worse until it leads to a revolution where a ton of people die and cities burn, but we could also just tax the ultra rich or even have a maximum wage like we did pre-Reagan.

Anyway, that’s what I mean.

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Artguy_nyc t1_iti9uci wrote

Love to know what that is, and more so where have you seen evidence of it’s success. I’ll be eagerly awaiting a realistic response

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C_bells t1_itlmc1r wrote

>Love to know what that is

What *what* is?

And the success of what exactly? The success of regulating corporations?

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