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A market so free the DOJ had to step in
If it was free, they wouldn't be able to charge the ridiculous prices they do.
Good. The market shouldn’t be free.
Yes. Everything should be monopolised and more expensive as a result.
Jesse what the fuck are you talking about?
I think he rather means the market should be regulated.
This market isn't free it's been captured, often referred to as "cornered", and this is precisely when the Government is supposed to get involved. The Government acts like a Boxing Referee; they step in and force the fighters to separate when one of them is trapped in the corner being pummeled with no way out.
This proper and necessary action is in no way a knock on Free Markets, it's a fundamental part of them. It's how things stay working.