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		Romanulus on Sept 12, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: California Approves Statewide Rent Control That seems like a really clumsy way of pretending to be in a free market.

xvector on Sept 12, 2019 [–]

Few markets are really free, and that’s a good thing. Free markets tend to be very ugly in reality.

Romanulus on Sept 12, 2019 | [–]

You're right. Tight nationalistic control of all markets is the only rational way to ensure sanity.

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