[anoncoward111]

This is why junk yards and small businesses are a true blessing. I can pay someone $500 to put a $1000 engine into my car and get another 100,000 miles out of it, rather than "sorry that's not allowed, please go to the dealership and buy a new car".

In some countries, said behavior is literally illegal or impractical. Killing small business would be the death of capitalism and freedom.

[maxxxxx]

"Killing small business would be the death of capitalism and freedom."

Capitalism and capitalists would be fine. They would just operate in a non-competitive market. Which is preferred anyway once you have a dominant market position.

[anoncoward111]

Preferred by the monopoly and nobody else, is what you mean, yes?

Which is to say it is against the will of the people,

[Datenstrom]

Are you asserting that capitalists care about freedom and the will of the people?

[anoncoward111]

Crony capitalists (what I would call mercantilists) certainly do not care about the will of the people. They are tyrants who hide behind a word they are corrupting.

However I will defend to the death my right to exchange goods with you. I'm assuming you and I are just normal citizens who don't control multi-billion dollar businesses?

[ishjoh]

I'm going to use the first definition of capitalist I found on google:

"a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism."

As we know there is a huge spectrum of investment strategies, from VCs to Bond holders etc.

Some capitalists like VCs, absolutely value market freedom, others likely don't, but it's too large a swatch of people to generalize by saying they don't care about economic freedom.

[lotsofpulp]

Which behavior is illegal? Consumers are choosing to patronize businesses that offer them the benefits of efficiencies of scale.

[anoncoward111]

I am not sure of the current regulations but engine swapping in Sweden and other modifications were completely illegal since the 90s and basically what Americans consider to be normal and acceptable is flat out not allowed on the roads in Sweden by police or inspection authorities.

This means that 100% stock vehicles are in demand, and Volvo and Saab and BMW benefit heavily compared to a modified Jeep, which would make more sense for Sweden's enthusiasts