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by Cyberdog 3072 days ago
> It’s completely irrational anti-capitalistic knee jerking to whine that cities shouldn’t be working hard to support HQ2 in their backyard. We are watching capitalism at its finest here folks - and market efficiency driving negotiation and competition is creating significantly better outcomes than the “fuck Amazon they don’t need handouts” crowd would arrive at.

When the incentives cross the line from tax breaks to free stuff, it's capitalism, all right - crony capitalism. Not the type I and other libertarians care to see.

Never thought I'd see the day where I'd be nodding along to a Keith Ellison tweet.