• gmtom@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    anyone with a basic understanding of economics?

    Like either we spend fuck tons of money subsidising nuclear to make it profitable or we can focus on wind and companies will build it themselves because its profitable.

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      1 year ago

      What do you think is more likely: that I don’t understand the basics of how capitalism works? Or maybe that the comment was a criticism of the worship of the “free market,” and considering profit-motive to be the be-all, end-all?

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        1 year ago

        Well considering you’re conflating a market economy with capitalism…