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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

We've not had a really free market for a long time now.

Citation needed.

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not writing a wikipedia article here[1]. Just writing a comment on what is just an internet forum.

[1] https://kbin.life/m/workreform@lemmy.world/t/588402/CEO-pay-soared-in-2025-20-times-faster-than-workers/comment/7663743#entry-comment-7663743 "just a comment" posted to kbin.life, part of the threadiverse.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I'm calling bullshit on any idea suggesting there was more than 30 seconds of a "really free market" at some point in any modern countries history that could qualify the "we"

[–] r00ty@kbin.life 2 points 12 hours ago

Right. I mean I don't know how far back we'd need to go to find a truly free market, possibly before we have the concept of money. I think fair is also too subjective for me to give any real definitive article for too.