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by nebulousthree 1098 days ago
Capitalist philosophy is about maximizing profit and minimizing expenditures. One is led to believe that the end result is a flourishing competitive environment but, in reality, the best way to achieve the above is to collude with your "competitors". Better yet, create your own competition, and then "compete" against them.
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What economic system isn't interested in those things? Barter? Mercantilism? Socialism is just about the ownership model, not the operation.
It's fair to recognize a systemic problem without having an alternative.
Well regulated capitalism is an answer.

Greed has to be restrained by brute force or capitalism fails through monopololization/collusion.