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Anti-capitalist regulations, I imagine.

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Anti monopoly and regulations against anti competitive practices are cornerstones of capitalism ensuring free and fair competition.
So no, what we need is a return back to when these practices weren’t allowed, away from allowing these things more than ever as we do now.
It’s easy to see Russia has become an oligarchy, why can’t we see it’s happening to us too?
But we can’t dismantle capitalism altogether, without creating an even bigger monopoly problem, the monopoly being corrupt governments like the soviet union and their 5 year plan economy, that very obviously wasn’t a very good concept.

Maybe that’s what you meant, I’d just not call it anti-capitalism, when regulations are for the purpose of making capitalism work better.
So just “regulation” is better.

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Let me tell you about the Nordic model

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Repubtard: HEY THAT’S SOCIALISM!!!

Except Scandinavians have more freedom, and better free market than USA.

Repubtard: BUT IT’S SOCIALISM!!!

Ehrm, they also have better freedom of speech.

Repubtard: WHAT? ARE YOU A FUCKING COMMIE?

Actually they also rank way higher on democracy.

Repubtard: WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?

I don’t, but wouldn’t it be nice if everybody had healthcare, free education and social security so you didn’t have to fear to starve if you got ill and lost yopur job?

Repubtard: HEY THAT’S SOCIALISM!!!

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Accountability is probably easier in a smaller country.

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Regulations only exist because Capitalism would consume itself without guardrails.

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I wonder if it’s consuming itself a bit right now.

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That’s why they do regulatory capture to prevent that from happening. It all starts with money being equal to influence. This can temporarily be reset after a big crash of the system but sooner or later they start again.

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No unregulated capitalism is super capitalism.
Regulated capitalism is capitalism we actually try to get to work as intended or “normal” capitalism.
Social democracy is “Caring” capitalism. Where free markets and capitalism still exist, but is regulated to prevent exploitation of ordinary people.

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Is this the same method the guy who discovered Oxygen was subjected to? If yes, I’d smash the “Oui” button.

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The use of open, decentralized platforms such as the fediverse is one small step in the right direction at least.

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FOSS / fediverse is really the only tech stuff that isn’t massively disappointing as of late.

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And sodium batteries, or so I hope.

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And yet this community seems more techno-pessimistic than even /r/technology, which is a challenge.

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Well, only techno-pessimistic about mainstream technologies that are used by most people, which is warranted I guess. Most people don’t use the fediverse after all.

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Isn’t 4chan an alt-right Nazi shithole?

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I’ll be optimistic about technology when the last techbro is strangled with the entrails of the last angel investor

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Great article, totally agree with the author. I would still be concerned with that power moving to the government, particularly in countries with limited options for true representation (eg. two party systems, where it is usually more a matter of “lesser evil” voting), but that then becomes the next challenge; still more appropriate in the government’s hands than the level of power corporations currently wield.

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