• davel@lemmy.ml
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      2 days ago

      The point of “American” capitalism is the same as for every other capitalism.

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        USA has always been more in favour of letting it go rampant, with much less popular resistance to it.

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          19 hours ago

          Not always. Unless “always” for you means since Reagan.

          There were meaningful regulations in place, that probably didn’t go far enough for you and me, but were a lot closer than the absolute free-for-all insanity we have now. This has been a regression to pre-Depression era crony capitalism, and I’m afraid it will take another depression to wake these motherfuckers up.

          I’ll know times are changing when MBAs start leaping out of buildings.