Comment on Im not conservative enough to be a liberal

• BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They still believe in the concept of a free market and capitalism being good. What we’ve seen with attempts to regulate is either the companies ignore it because the fines are less than what it’d cost to follow the law, skirt around it in some way, or just buy up people to then strike it.

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  • blubasaur@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Then you’re not regulating it properly are you?.. there are tons of regulations in play that do work.

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    • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Companies still dump untreated waste water right into water ways even with regulation. I just see it an endless chase of the capitalists one step ahead at all times at least, often more because it takes time to draft regulation. Capitalism has only brought “prosperity” to a few from the continued exploitation of others. It still believes growth infinite in a closed system.

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      • blubasaur@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I think punishments of anything to that degree of bad should be immediate bankruptcy with a ban on holding any C suite position for the rest of your life or face that ban in prison. We’re not harsh enough on them, and so they feel like its not a problem even if they get caught.

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  • Keepthoseeyeslockedonmine@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You’ve seen attempts to regulate that are generally company-sponsored and ineffective in preventing the harms the regulations are intended to prevent. Or you’ve seen out and out corruption which buys democracy and breaks it. Liberalism, as I understand it (as a European) allows state ownership and a free market, in different goods and dependent upon conditions in that market, to prioritise people over capital

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• 2ndDegreeOWO@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The definition I’d go with is: “Anyone who is in favor of both free market capitalism and individual rights.”

  Which, yeah, would be kind of neat if you could have both. But the former tends to erode the latter quite badly over time.

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  • Forester@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    That’s called a classical liberal fyi

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• Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Great! Welcome to now

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