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Re:Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads ed... by slibhb on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @06:44PM (#43189618)
There are plenty of people who defend free markets...but both political parties are increasingly against them.

Biden and Harris both campaigned on price controls. Trump is all in on tariffs.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads ed... by nickpeterson on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @08:10PM (#43190228)
You don’t get big corporate donations to your superpac by trying to bust up monopolies.
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Re:Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads ed... by gruez on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @09:05PM (#43190507)
Democrats out-fundraised the Republicans last election and were arguably more anti-business (eg. Lina Khan's FTC) than the Republicans.
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Re:Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads ed... by XorNot on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @08:36PM (#43190345)
Don't pretend cost of living wasn't a lot of Trump voters reason to vote for Trump. The tarrifs weren't a surprise and Vance was running around brandishing a box of eggs as the greatest problem.

The electorate only likes free markets when it makes things cheap with no consequences they care about.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads ed... by paulddraper on Thursday February 27, 2025 @02:13AM (#43192087)
That sounds beneficial for sure.
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