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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought left also meant protection against unregulated markets? Without regulations it is just going to be capitalismplusplus.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

capitalismplusplus

Ah yes, my favourite programming language!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

C++ checks out

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm confused, who is talking about unregulated markets?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It mentions regulated markets, is that what you mean?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well the user is saying that the left is also in favour of regulated markets. The meme can be interpreted as if that people on the left somehow want unregulated markets

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Some people on the left recognize that planned economies are more efficient than markets based on empirical research on the soviet economy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I agree! But a planned economy, you could say is, in essence, an extremely tightly regulated market. Whereas the opposite of that, a complete lack of regulation is anarcho capitalism, a completely right wing idea.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But a planned economy, you could say is, in essence, an extremely tightly regulated market.

Why do you believe this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because without regulations ... it can not be planned? Like at all?

It is in the name.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You know you can do planning without markets right? Like without price signals and entities buying and selling to each other