• 0110010001100010@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Party of small government my fucking ass. Also, isn’t the free market allowed to produce any product and compete for consumer spending? Isn’t that capitalism?

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      3 months ago

      Desantis is literally pushing these laws and screaming woke while pocketing millions of dollars of “donations” from the large cattle ranching companies throughout the state. Hell, he started attacking Disney once they stopped paying him millions in bribes too. Disney’s disagreement with the dont say gay bill was the perfect excuse

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      3 months ago

      It’s all bad faith arguments. They just use it as a weapon to get their way. Although, this reeks of corporate regulatory capture.

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      3 months ago

      No.

      Capitalism is when certain industries and certain corporations amass such a market share that they are able to bribe legislatures to prohibit any competitors to their product, under force of law.

      Similar to the exertion of influence by noble families under feudalism.

      If our democracy has already been captured by such corporate actors, then it is difficult to imagine how “remembering to vote” could meaningfully correct such deep systemic flaw. Emigrating to Norway seems to be one of a handful of plausible remaining options