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		wanderingmarker on Nov 22, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Government's $200,000 Useless Android Applicat... Neither the government nor large corporations qualify as the kind of free and ideal market you're referring to.

AJ007 on Nov 25, 2011 [–]

How does the term "capitalist marketplace" infer "free and ideal market?"

The purchase and sale of cocaine occurs in a market where virtually all sellers are capitalists. It is neither free nor ideal.

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