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There are plenty of people who defend free markets...but both political parties are increasingly against them.

Biden and Harris both campaigned on price controls. Trump is all in on tariffs.

You don’t get big corporate donations to your superpac by trying to bust up monopolies.

Democrats out-fundraised the Republicans last election and were arguably more anti-business (eg. Lina Khan's FTC) than the Republicans.

Don't pretend cost of living wasn't a lot of Trump voters reason to vote for Trump. The tarrifs weren't a surprise and Vance was running around brandishing a box of eggs as the greatest problem.

The electorate only likes free markets when it makes things cheap with no consequences they care about.

That sounds beneficial for sure.

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