Either we believe that free market capitalism is best for our country, or we don't.
IF we were under actual free market capitalism, you would be correct. We aren't operating under that and haven't been for decades. Crony capitalism doesn't allow for the system to work appropriately because it does everything possible to prevent it. Combine that with a fascist system, where governments are working with the largest companies to decide things, and you have an even more broken system.
Remember the whole big deal about the various "barons" a century ago? We're dealing with that right now, with no one in government using the anti-monopoly and anti-trust laws on the books to fix the problem, and that's only half the problems.
It's like conservatives enjoy sticking their heads in the sand and ignoring what's going on while expecting things to just "work." The system isn't working properly so ignoring that and expecting it to is foolish.
IF we were under actual free market capitalism, you would be correct. We aren't operating under that and haven't been for decades. Crony capitalism doesn't allow for the system to work appropriately because it does everything possible to prevent it. Combine that with a fascist system, where governments are working with the largest companies to decide things, and you have an even more broken system.
Remember the whole big deal about the various "barons" a century ago? We're dealing with that right now, with no one in government using the anti-monopoly and anti-trust laws on the books to fix the problem, and that's only half the problems.
It's like conservatives enjoy sticking their heads in the sand and ignoring what's going on while expecting things to just "work." The system isn't working properly so ignoring that and expecting it to is foolish.