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by bmiller2 2358 days ago
“We need to stop confusing human value with economic value. We don't exist to serve the market. The market exists to serve us.”
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ehvatum 2358 days ago
The market exists to serve us? Cool. But who is providing this service?
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bb88 2358 days ago
In the US, it's the government that created the free market, and did it for the people. The US government is "of the people, by the people, for the people."

...Or at least it used to be. Now maybe in 2020 now, "people" can be replaced with "corporations".

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bb88 2358 days ago
Wow, Andrew Yang tweeted that just yesterday. Prescient. I like him more and more.
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