<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>TheGuySwann wrote</title><author_name>TheGuySwann (npub1h8…6rpev)</author_name><author_url>https://njump.me/npub1h8nk2346qezka5cpm8jjh3yl5j88pf4ly2ptu7s6uu55wcfqy0wq36rpev</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://njump.me</provider_url><html>The market doesn&#39;t &#34;decide,&#34; price controls don&#39;t work because the price is a result of voluntary market interaction. It&#39;s a thermometer, not the heat itself. &#xA;&#xA;Price controls are analogous to capping the thermometer and letting pressure build up, while claiming that we&#39;ve controlled the temperature outside. &#xA;&#xA;Saying &#34;the market decides&#34; is like suggesting we are &#34;letting the weather decide the temperature&#34; instead of the weatherman. When the second statement is just nonsense. The weatherman doesn&#39;t control the weather, if he is manipulating the thermometer then its just lying about what the real temperature is. &#xA;&#xA;My proposal isn&#39;t about &#34;letting the markets decide,&#34; because markets are literally the only thing that create prices in the first place. I&#39;m saying we shouldn&#39;t have institutions with the express authority to completely monopolize a market and then lie about the price. &#xA;&#xA;Price controls are simply lies, we should just stop lying.</html></oembed>