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[–] Rothe@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

USA has always been more in favour of letting it go rampant, with much less popular resistance to it.

[–] criscodisco@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not always. Unless “always” for you means since Reagan.

There were meaningful regulations in place, that probably didn’t go far enough for you and me, but were a lot closer than the absolute free-for-all insanity we have now. This has been a regression to pre-Depression era crony capitalism, and I’m afraid it will take another depression to wake these motherfuckers up.

I’ll know times are changing when MBAs start leaping out of buildings.