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[–]sawboss 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's the 'regulation' that's being called for.

I'm not really calling for more gov enforced monopolies. I'd like the barrier of entry to come down for facebook and twitter clones to pop up.

I admit I missed the nuance. I'm afraid congress will too (maybe intentionally). So much outcry over this has desensitized me.

People see a problem and demand government solutions. No one seems to consider that everything govt. does is at the cost of everyone's liberty, excluding the elites of course. Then people get embittered about "inequality" and all that jazz, and insist on empowering the govt. to do even more. The cycle just expands the web of corporate/govt. power on each iteration.

I'm not sure 'fascism' is the best term for it

https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism/Common-characteristics-of-fascist-movements

The true core feature of fascism is the one it shares with communism: subordination of the individual to the state.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardsalsman/2011/12/07/capitalism-is-decidedly-not-corporatism-or-cronyism/

I'm not entirely satisfied with the word capitalism either. Maybe "free markets" would be better. I'm more concerned with freedom in terms of individual liberty than economics. Perhaps "free markets" is a better term.

[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No one seems to consider that everything govt. does is at the cost of everyone's liberty, excluding the elites of course.

Perfectly stated.

There are no such thing as free markets. All markets are governed in some ways. Regulations to some are protections for others and they ebb and flow with the political breezes.