• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I mean, the moral is that free markets are a fiction when primary accumulation is illegal.

    I can’t simply claim a vacant property at the clearance rate. I need to bargain with a landlord at a cartel price. And thanks to public-private collusion, we routinely tax, trade, and subsidize properties at three entirely different figures.

    Every economy is a command economy. The question you have to ask is who is in control.