• stylusmobilus@aussie.zone
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    2 days ago

    That’s an American thing, not just Google. They only believe in a free market when it’s their products and services. Theft is fine as long as it’s only them.

    • BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      When a Capitalist says “free market” what they mean is “free to monopolize.” It’s about keeping the pathway to feudalism free and open. The US is its temple, but Capitalism is a global cancer.

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        17 hours ago

        In a true Capitalist society a competitor would be fighting for same sales. What we see is lobbying of government to favour one monopolistic company.

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            8 hours ago

            No, In a true free market competition drives prices down as each company aims to grab you as a customer and it forces efficiency in the manufacturing or development to cut costs. Since lobbying has taken over, there is no free market, it is manipulated to favour the bigger donor or other backend deals to eliminate competition.

            For example in Canada we have a giant grocery chain that also has a property company, the property company will only lease to themselves, and they have agreements that no other stores can open a certain distance from them. It means that we overpay on all food

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              7 hours ago

              final goal of capitalism is to generate profits and thats what leads to lobbying and monopolies, thats why I said this is real capitalism.

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                6 hours ago

                Except where lobbying is illegal like South Korea and they don’t suffer like we do with monoplies