alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCalls to tax the superrich grow as economic inequality surgeswww.aljazeera.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down123
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1external-linkCalls to tax the superrich grow as economic inequality surgeswww.aljazeera.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThat distinction would be a hard sell for most capitalists I know. Regulation itself is seen as tampering with the “free market”, and therefore anticapitalist.
minus-squareRobaque@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoUnfortunately for capitalists, the “free market” isn’t the defining (nor exclusive) feature of capitalism. Profit and private ownership is.
That distinction would be a hard sell for most capitalists I know. Regulation itself is seen as tampering with the “free market”, and therefore anticapitalist.
Unfortunately for capitalists, the “free market” isn’t the defining (nor exclusive) feature of capitalism. Profit and private ownership is.