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Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption (www.theverge.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 148 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (21 children)

Are we in a "free market" or we not? The answer is "depends on what lobbyists want."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Are we in a “free market” or we not?

Not.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Only when it helps to keep the poors in their place.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Not even only. The recognized goal of the modern marketplace is to achieve monopoly. Billionaires write entire textbooks on the subject.

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