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[–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I said this elsewhere too, but the bottom panel depicts something other than capitalism, since capitalism definitionally requires a competitive market.

Companies that are ostensibly in competition but not fighting each other too hard, is just another way of saying they are not in competition. It's not capitalism.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There's a whole other group out there who argues that doing anything to stop the bottom panel is communism, and communism is bad and terrible (according to people who have never read anything about it except Ayn Rand). You'll have to fight with them over what constitutes "real capitalism".

    I'll be over here noting the whole notion of profits going predominantly to the owner of capital is flawed to begin with.

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