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Re:Thousands of Facebook internal documents and emails publi... by 95014_refugee on Thursday November 07, 2019 @04:45PM (#21477643)
> A free market should regulate itself.

... but it won't. Never has, never will. 'Regulation' serves a larger context, and the market does not value externalities.

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Re:Thousands of Facebook internal documents and emails publi... by canada_dry on Thursday November 07, 2019 @09:02PM (#21479422)
> A free market should regulate itself. ... but it won't. Never has, never will.

The concept that capitalism works best if it's free from any/all regulation could work with a very strong shared societal moral fabric.

Sadly, Western culture accepts and even promotes greed and selfishness over the common good.

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