• CompassRed@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 months ago

    sets a dangerous precedent where the government knows better than the markets

    Wtf. You could say this about literally any law. Outlawing murder-for-hire sets a dangerous precedent where the government knows better than the markets. Making people pay income tax sets a dangerous precedent where the government knows better than the markets. Speed limits set a dangerous precedent where the government knows better than the markets. What a terrible argument.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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      No kidding. Even regular staunch capitalists recognize that regulation is sometimes necessary. Regulation against anti-competitive practices exists because a market left to its own devices will devolve into monopolies that will be much less efficient than a competitive market. Non-competes are just employers establishing monopolies over their workforce.

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      The thing is that the government absolutely knows better than the markets.

      Left unchecked, markets would bring back slavery.

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      Nevermind “you can’t compete” is the opposite of a market.

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      Ha ha, I came to see who you were replying to but I can’t because I already blocked them. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      (Odds are good I didn’t find their style or content particularly edificatious)