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Re:Let's Buy Spirit Air by komali2 on Monday May 04, 2026 @09:03AM (#48008206)
> every working citizen could easily afford more expensive airline tickets

You mean every laboring slave.

No free market means corporations are allowed to engage in slavery, chattel or otherwise. Let's be honest about what a free market actually is. Factory towns, lifetime debt bondage.

Re:Let's Buy Spirit Air by carlosjobim on Monday May 04, 2026 @09:40AM (#48008637)
Ah yes, thank you for correcting me. That is exactly what I meant.
Re:Let's Buy Spirit Air by komali2 on Monday May 04, 2026 @01:56PM (#48012334)
I've yet to hear a successful true free market argument of why slavery won't happen, or monopoly.
Re:Let's Buy Spirit Air by carlosjobim on Monday May 04, 2026 @05:05PM (#48014985)
You're certainly right. I haven't thought about it that way before, there's no argument that holds up. Of course.