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calimary

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3. See, there's one thing I just don't understand about these "free market" apostles.

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 01:47 PM

Apr 2012

They ALL talk about "Free Market!" "Free Market!"

They all talk about how wonderful competition is - to keep the "Free Market" vital and of most effective service to all.

"Better for consumers!" "Competition just makes everything better!" "New ideas!" "Better products!" "More choices!" "Free Market! Free Market!"

And then behind the scenes they're doing EVERYTHING they can to kill the competition and build a big fat monopoly that quashes all competitors and possible opponents. Yeah, competition. Like when things narrow down to three major record labels? One or two giant radio conglomerates that own stations that number close to 1000 - or more? A handful of mega-big oil companies? One prevailing big-box store chain? Companies merging and buying each other up so there's just this one giant faceless one-size-fits-all omnibus entity.

Assholes. Maybe some of them should be nationalized.

Where is Teddy Roosevelt when we need him?

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