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minus-squaremightyfoolish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up80arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoAre we in a “free market” or we not? The answer is “depends on what lobbyists want.”
minus-squareTheDubz87@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months agoFree market goes to the highest bidder.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·7 months agoFree for me and not for thee.
minus-squaremightyfoolish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 months agoMight as well be the offical preamble of the Constitution (or at least the more conventional “rules for thee, not for me”).
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months ago Are we in a “free market” or we not? Not.
minus-squarepaf0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoTo play devil’s advocate for a moment, is it really a free market if we are incentivizing one technology over another?
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoThat argument can be made about the tax incentives. However, regulations about emissions are intrinsically something we want, and we shouldn’t hold back on that just because gas cars can’t get to the level of emissions we need.
Are we in a “free market” or we not? The answer is “depends on what lobbyists want.”
Free market goes to the highest bidder.
Free for me and not for thee.
Might as well be the offical preamble of the Constitution (or at least the more conventional “rules for thee, not for me”).
Not.
To play devil’s advocate for a moment, is it really a free market if we are incentivizing one technology over another?
That argument can be made about the tax incentives.
However, regulations about emissions are intrinsically something we want, and we shouldn’t hold back on that just because gas cars can’t get to the level of emissions we need.