From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:59:59 -0800, dart200   
    wrote:   
      
   >like i'm not a huge market fan, and most people here are... but can't we   
   >all agree markets work best when everyone has as close to perfect   
   >information as is possible to build, no?   
      
   True information.  How about that?  How do you silence the fakers?   
      
   > > but muh trade secrets!?   
   >   
   >the stupid part is muh trade secrets/patents were never a design goal of   
   >capitalism. patents were supposed to be a *solution* to the problem of   
   >trade secrets: give people a recognized monopoly to give out info.   
   >   
   >people now conflate that with how things should be as if we won't ever   
   >again innovate without muh trade secrets ... which is patently false   
   >with a long list of various examples including most of academia where   
   >profit motive presents a deep conflict of interest in evaluating actual   
   >results an objective manner.   
   >   
   >with 21st century tech, we can do better by requiring that businesses   
   >(and governing systems) operate in with real time, full transparency.   
   >sure plenty will get massively butthurt, but overtime as we get used to   
   >operating/competing in a transparent manner...   
   >   
   >we will produce something far superior in real economic outcomes!   
   >   
   >before then probably elevating to some form of 23rd century communism...   
   >but transparency first ehh????   
   >   
   >https://old.reddit.com/r/CapitalismVSocialism/comments/1q8myy8/   
   ow_will_you_abolish_the_social_relations_that/nyr41lu/   
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