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Berder's avatar

The game is about massive investors buying control of governments. "Free market" - which means, an idealized market determined by laws of supply and demand, with a high level of competition and without government intervention - isn't the term for that.

The conditions for a truly free market are rarely met. It's a matter of degree; some markets are more free than others. When you're actually buying control of governments so you can use their military to steal resources from other countries, that's about as far from an ideal free market as it gets.

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Tim Tyler's avatar

"Capitalism" is the Marxist term. Critics making their own terminology often mix some sharps in with their definitions. It seems simpler to avoid the term - and instead talk about: "free markets".

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