May as well add the synonym to the false dichotomy you're referencing.

No, you don't.

@Selemas Basically, meme-language. Like "galaxy brain", "coomer", "yeet", "derp" etc.

Yknow what, that's fair.

Free markets exist even if there is regulation involved, it's merely a matter of the extent to which human action is limited within the market.

You've said it yourself, you love a "mixed economy."

I don't see where you're objecting to all market functions and all human action.

That'd obviously be absurd.

And here we are, I find myself objecting to the false dichotomy drawn between "free market" and "mixed economy."

There's that pesky concept again. 😉

I would say there's definitely a difference between free markets and mixed economies.

Free markets are entirely voluntary. Mixed economies are not.

https://twitter.com/Boringstein/status/1227688944621543424

Holy shit bernie voters are delusional

>BERNIE IS LITERALLY THE ONLY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO BE SO GENUINE IN EVERYTHING HE SAYIZ

Yeah sure, buddy. Remind me how many houses he has again?

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i want bernie to win, just so that the US can drop off the top 50 on the democracy index

Voluntary exchange remain in the mixed economy, @Seven Proxies. The function of the market, relying upon human action, does not change. You can distort it, yes, but you're not magically relinquished from those distortions because you now call it a mixed economy.

trump would destroy him it would be a repeat of the uk election

For real

If I were the Democratic candidates, I’d jump ship before election day

We shall see, @honkhonk.

@Jeremy Is paying taxes a "voluntary exchange"? Can you opt out of it?

indeed

Absolutely.

People do it all the time, @Seven Proxies.

Do I look hot?

Well I suppose you can "opt out" of paying taxes simply by not working and earning anything. Thereby circumventing income tax.

You look lame and cringe

You look gay

Stop trying to be cool

elliot rodger rises

Eliot is that you!

Yes

The supreme gentleman

how do you think trump would fair against Mike "stop and frisk" Bloomberg in the election?

There are plenty of ways to circumvent income tax, @Seven Proxies. Much of it simply moves into what we refer to as the "black market," an elusive and unknown amount of commerce facilitated through non-standardized exchange; cryptocurrencies are a great example. You don't halt anything, really. North Korea is a great example of this, as is what has unfolded in local communities within which accumulation of capital had not yet reached a certain point to value labor at an artificially higher price point. They just engage in labor through informal means that are not subject to enforcement, which comes with all of that which you have regulated out of the formal market place through law.

And yes, I know your solution is to identify that and execute them. 😄

@Jeremy But the black market is illegal