@zeppo I completely agree with you here. We are not in a pure, Capitalist society. Right now, we are in what is known as a mixed market economy.

However, I would posit that we are closer to the free market model than a planned economy, and the farther away we move from the free market model, the closer we get to a planned economy. It doesn't mean that we're there already, but, in general, moving away from the free market model sets off red flags for those worried ending up in a planned economy.

@zeppo Would you agree that, generally, #Communism usually controls prices, and #Capitalism usually does not?

@barsquid Hey don't look at me, I hate #Qanon. I agree, they both are equal parts irrational and insane.

@barsquid @Amoxtli Fair enough, #BlueAnon is pretty much a religion at this point

@wintermute_oregon @Amoxtli To be fair to the others, this isn't technically #Socialism or #Communism, it's a #MixedMarket. Problem is that you're also right, this is how we drift away from #Capitalism.

The left wingers in the thread aren't upset that this is being called out because it's inaccurate, it's because they want #Communism but understand that #Communism is scary to the masses because of its past failures.

@aniki @wintermute_oregon "Only mean people have healthy margins in their business ventures" is the quintessential terminally online take

@zeppo Sigh...you're going to argue that price controls aren't characteristic of #Communism, aren't you?

#Brittanica describes price controls as non-capitalistic:

https://www.britannica.com/money/price-system/Noncapitalist-price-systems

@DarkDecay "Trust the polls, the wave is coming" is what they told Republicans in 2022. I ain't buyin' it.

@DarkDecay @wintermute_oregon Y'all really thought those trumped up convictions would be the silver bullet huh? That if you got him convicted that all his support would go away?

Lollllllll

@glimse 😂

Well, I'm on the #Mastodon end of the #Fediverse here, I do like to use hashtags when I use common nouns and such