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I assume that people have good associations with markets. Granted there's not much markets left in the West except for random farmer's markets or other touristy stuff or local flee markets, but even then people generally like those. If one goes to a country not yet fully destroyed by capitalism, local markets are cool and neat, one gets to meet people closer to the production and distribution, and the price is and quality generally are much better. Markets are places that people build relationships. You can forget your wallet one day and the seller who knows you very well will just go "no problem, just pay me tomorrow".

I just assume that markets in the traditional sense are mostly gone from the West since rents are too damn high, and it takes far too much capital to open a shop. That and cars took all the rest of the public space. I assume, with a tiny effort being put into research, that our great grandparents knew actual markets and had good vibes with them. And capitalist propagandists just decided to co-opt it.

Saying "the market knows best" is so fucking disingenuous. People aren't gonna come out and say "billionaire with enough capital to invest know best" because of course that sounds like a poor choice to any social issue.