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WalterBright 18 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Starbase, LA

Yes, we know a slave economy is not a free market.

> you could sell fraudulent investments

Fraud is against the law in a free market.

bryik 18 days ago [–]

Then I don't understand how you can say "The US was much more economically free in the 1800s than now".

WalterBright 17 days ago | [–]

The growth in endless regulations, taxes, permits, etc., are a serious impediment. For example, being unable to rebuild after the Palisades fire.

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