https://freerepublic.com/tag/communistprotege/ en-us Mon, 9 Nov 2026 15:51:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4402385/posts What are these ills that are laid at the door of capitalism? Just a short list includes: business monopolies that jack up prices and prey on captive consumers; laws favoring vested industry interests passed through lobbying, often in backroom insider deals; barriers to entry to squelch small competitors; fatcat executives without accountability to shareholders and multi-million-dollar payouts; systemic crises created by financial or corporate scandals; and the list goes on… But none of these ills is an attribute of capitalism – in fact, in a truly capitalistic system every one of these ills would disappear. These ills are the outcome... IREF https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4402385/posts#comment Mon, 9 Nov 2026 15:51:09 GMT