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Re:House overwhelmingly votes to ban TikTok if its Chinese o... by earthling8118 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @07:31PM (#39698848)
Communism isn't the problem here and it'd do you well to build an argument that isn't backed by that at every turn.
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Re:House overwhelmingly votes to ban TikTok if its Chinese o... by anon291 on Thursday March 14, 2024 @08:12AM (#39702854)
It absolutely is. Free markets depend on all forms being legally equal. Government owned firms are not since they have special privileges. In communism, all firms are government owned / controlled at some level. Ergo, no communist firm can engage in a free market.
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Re:House overwhelmingly votes to ban TikTok if its Chinese o... by hellojesus on Thursday March 14, 2024 @04:18PM (#39708490)
Free markets are markets in which parties are allowed to voluntarily trade without government interfere.

Communist-supported companies do not violate free market definitions. After all, people still get to decide whether they will trade with them.

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