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“Friedrich Hayek, in “The Use of Knowledge in Society,” practically the ur-text of #freemarket fundamentalism, notes that the free market needs a process by which #knowledge is constantly communicated and acquired.”
https://mastodon.nz/@leighelse/114440259021259360
![The image shows a tweet from Dr. Ellie Murray, ScD, with the verified checkmark next to her name. The tweet is from her Twitter account [@]EpiEllie. The tweet reads: "Some of y'all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal. Regulations don't exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us."](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/114/410/073/103/625/116/original/3b305809083c3269.png "The image shows a tweet from Dr. Ellie Murray, ScD, with the verified checkmark next to her name. The tweet is from her Twitter account [@]EpiEllie. The tweet reads: \"Some of y'all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal. Regulations don't exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.\"")
nick:
you agreed #healthcare as #profit is wrong, bless you
you appreciated how #plutocracy (not #capitalism) corrupts the legislative process to continue being a rent seeking #parasite- not a #freeMarket
since we agree here, you need to take the final step with us:
where peaceful change to stop suffering and death for profit is blocked
then #luigi is *inevitable*
you don't have to embrace him
but you must accept him
because luigi is the symptom, not the root problem
#ruleOfLaw is corrupted by #plutocracy (i didn't say #capitalism in sensitivity to your beliefs: i am asking you to see a difference between #rentSeeking #parasites and a #freeMarket)
they profit at the expense of our debilitation, bankruptcy, and early death
in such a scenario rule of law itself has been compromised
because *the law* supports mass murder on a grand scale for profit
so i ask you to understand #luigi is inevitable
i am not asking you to embrace him
"What we saw in the UK in the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher's government was just how quickly the free market transitioned from a radical idea into the new reality. Then before long it became what many assumed was the system that would last forever."
@knittingknots2 This is the #freemarket in action, and this is a good thing.
The hits keep coming, yesterday it was reported that Tesla trade ins have increased 300%+ since this time last year. With the majority of that change occurring in the last few months since Elon Musk became the poster child of US far right politics.
"Talking about rational efficiency becomes a way of avoiding talking about what the efficiency is actually for."
~ David Graeber, 2015, The Utopia of Rules
#DavidGraeber #freemarket
Announcement! Sunday 02.03.2025
Free flea market, waffles & music 
Sunday, 02.03.2025 | from 12:00 noon | Rigaer Straße 94 10247 Berlin
Arrival: U5, M10, M21 Frankfurter Tor | M10, M21 Bersarinplatz
Call: https://asanb.noblogs.org/?p=10507 - @rigaer94
We've been sorting out and found some stuff that we don't want to just put on the streets.
That's why we want to use the opportunity and host a free-market.
Feel welcome to come by, no matter if you want take things with you or just want to have a coffee with us.
There will be waffles, cold and hot drinks, much stuff and useful things. With much luck a bit of sun, too 
Ankündigung! Sonntag 21.03.2025
Umsonst Flohmarkt, Waffeln & Musik
Sonntag, 02.03.2025 | ab 12:00 Uhr | Rigaer Straße 94 10247 Berlin
Anreise: U5, M10, M21 Frankfurter Tor | M10, M21 Bersarinplatz
Aufruf: https://asanb.noblogs.org/?p=10507 - @rigaer94
Wir Haben ausgemistet und dabei so einiges gefunden, das wir nicht einfach auf die Straße stellen wollten.
Deshalb nutzen wir die Gelegenheit einen Umsonst-Flohmarkt zu veranstalten.
Komm gerne vorbei, egal ob du Dinge mitnehmen oder einfach nur einen Kaffee mit uns trinken möchtest.
Es gibt Waffeln, kalte und warme Getränke, viel Krempel und nützliche Dinge.
Mit viel Glück vielleicht such etwas Sonne
@futurebird this - so much this.
I have to tell people that #thinktanks, #brainrot and advantageous framing is older than the TV, older than the radio.
The parents of #liberals and #conservatives were the #liberalists, who were groomed by the #aristocracy and the #barons.
Words like #freemarket basically translate to markets controlled centrally by a few monopolists in an exploitative #RaceToTheBottom, where one or several entities become #KingOfTheHole.
Democracy cannot survive an excessively free market; and containing the market is the task of politics.
-- Robert Kuttner (NYRB (Dec 2017))
#Wisdom #Quotes #RobertKuttner #FreeMarket #Politics
#Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Protest #MarchForOurLives #Florida
Just as in the past, it is the economic clergy’s job to justify the existing class structure. Instead of the old explanations that the aristocracy was blessed by God, here to exercise His will on earth, high priests like Milton Friedman proclaim that today’s aristocratic rich deserve everything they have because they worked hardest for it.
Explaining capitalism to aliens
Free markets are free for a reason. We should reject monopolies and allow the flow of new ideas and competitors to better the customer with choice.
I fully support the backing of @pixelfed @loops and so should you!
Sound off 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks
Ross William Ulbricht is a free man at last 
The only thing I liked about Trump's campaign and Trump in general was his promise to free Ross Ulbricht on day one. And so here we are on day one. Despite my strong anti-Trumpism and opposition to Trump himself, I find myself waiting to see if he'll actually keep that promise.
I also hold anti-capitalist and anarcho-syndicalist views, influenced by Rudolf Rocker, advocating for the dismantling of oppressive hierarchies while fighting for a more just society.
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Ross Ulbricht is condemned to die in prison for creating an anonymous e-commerce website called Silk Road. An entrepreneur passionate about free markets and privacy, he was 26 when he made the site. He was never prosecuted for causing harm or bodily injury and no victim was named at trial.
Users of Silk Road chose to exchange a variety of goods, both legal and illegal, including drugs (most commonly small amounts of cannabis). Prohibited was anything involuntary that could harm a third party.
Ross was not convicted of selling drugs or illegal items himself, but was held responsible for what others sold on the site.
@hart
I think that over 100 years is enough time to allow #bigCorp to see the problem and to let #freeMarket forces produce a solution.
Its time to some good old fashion #democracy to take over, We need to put some regulation on how the #bigCorps function.
It is clear that the freemarket #billionaires needs some guidance and guardrails.
#democracy is more than how we vote!