• mellowheat@suppo.fi
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    9 months ago

    Republicans have never been for free market capitalism really. They just talk like they were, but in reality the only difference is that they’re corrupted by a different set of corporations.

    Real free markets are too much for the voters to handle, apparently.

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      9 months ago

      Well, unions are actually highly regulated in the US. It was never about “small government”, it’s about using the government as a cudgel against who they don’t like, which is practically everyone below a billion net worth, and even some above.