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[–] ulkesh@lemmy.world 100 points 1 month ago (39 children)

Thing is…there is no real free market with proper competition, anyway. If there was such a thing, my groceries wouldn’t cost double now from what they were a mere five years ago (or quadruple, if looking at soda like Coke and Pepsi products). There is rampant collusion and price-fixing going on and not a damn government official seems to be doing anything about it. And yeah, the “but but the pandemic” excuse runs pretty thin as the years of this gouging continues.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 month ago (23 children)

The truth is, a real market is never actually truly competitive. In an unregulated market, competing firms always collude with each other to set prices and wages for the industry. "Free market" ideology is based on nonsense, they've proven this over and over.

[–] lightnegative@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In a free market, aren't you free to collude with your competitors in order to fix prices?

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In a Hayekian free market, yes. Most (all?) actual free markets prohibit cartels, though.

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