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The process involves collecting and sharing information in a cooperative (not competitive) way. In a capitalist system, one of the roles of government at best is to regulate industries to encourage competition. Under capitalism, sharing information cooperatively usually looks like collusion or corruption, so we necessarily need laws preventing that.

A planned economy just doesn't make sense at all within a capitalist system, so there probably would be no stock markets, and no one would make billions.



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