There are free markets outside america. Surprisingly, even in china
No, there are not. That is very naive. None of them are independent from America's role as international peacekeeper/peacereeper and global financier.
"Peacekeeper"
Yes, that's right. Thank you.
I’m not sure how this is a valid reply to the parent? The government inducting favored titans of industry into the military for what certainly smells like a marketing/sales integration is hardly free market capitalism.
That's the joke he's trying to make
For it to read as a joke I’d have to know the commenter and know that’s something they’d never say. Without that context it reads as sincere.
This is a website where people frequently say wild stuff unironically and people mostly don’t get to know each other by name/reputation (with a handful of exceptions like tptacek, etc). It’s not a good place to be sarcastic.