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shin_lao ◴[] No.43692873[source]
Doesn't mean we shouldn't do it.
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nathan_compton ◴[] No.43692887[source]
Well, sure, but perhaps some kind of plan is warranted?
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throwawaymaths ◴[] No.43692899[source]
Isn't the point of capitalism to not have a plan and let the market figure it out?
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1. InkCanon ◴[] No.43693110[source]
The free market (which I think people also include in capitalism) would correctly predict labour intensive jobs would be outsourced. This is very much a feature (comparative advantage), not a bug. I realized a lot of supposedly free market people don't even know the basics of it. Politically the free market has become an identity associated with national greatness and a sense of control of ones destiny. The dominant feeling seems to be if you have a free market, you will win everything (which is actually opposite from the truth).