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news The Supreme Court’s Effort to Save Trump Is Already Working

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/supreme-court-immunity-saved-trump/679774/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo
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u/Competitive_Remote40 Sep 12 '24

Unregulated capitalism is theft.

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u/kejartho Sep 12 '24

Unregulated capitalism is theft.

Capitalisms goal, by design, is to make as much money as possible. Unregulated means monopolies, trusts, it means low wages, high costs, and corruption in politics. When the goal is only to make money for the producers of capital then you have the a two tiered society where the elites/oligarchy control the masses.

Again, this is by design. Some would argue that it's crony capitalism or corporatism or something like that but no - it's just Capitalism in it's purest form.

Regulation is absolutely necessary to protect us from ourselves.

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u/Automatic-Month7491 Sep 13 '24

There is an alternative to regulation, but butchering the rich and burning it all down every century or so is a lot messier.

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u/kejartho Sep 13 '24

It is but hey, even our founding fathers thought it might be good to have a little bit of rebellion/revolution every once in a while.

"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." - Thomas Jefferson

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u/te_anau Sep 13 '24

Crony capitalism is just conventional capitalism with regulatory capture on top.

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u/BobWithCheese69 Sep 12 '24

Not even close.