You Don't Hate Capitalism. You Hate This. | Monologue Monday

Text the show! Americans still overwhelmingly like free enterprise. So why are they rapidly souring on capitalism?Chad argues that the anger behind America's “cost of life” crisis is real — but we're giving it the wrong name.Housing, healthcare, insurance, prescriptions and utilities consume enormous portions of American household budgets, yet many of these markets fail a basic test of competition: Can you walk away? Can you switch? Can a new competitor enter? And does losing your business actually cost the incumbent anything?In this Monologue Monday, Chad examines why young Americans are increasingly receptive to socialism, how regulation and consolidation can turn consumers into price takers, why elective medicine behaves differently from much of American healthcare, how housing regulation adds to the price of a home, and what happens when government responds with public ownership, subsidies and price controls.The answer isn't defending the status quo — and it isn't another revolution.It's a remodel: open the door, post the price, subsidize the customer instead of the seller, and make someone responsible for eliminating regulations that no longer work.You don't hate capitalism. You hate that nobody is competing for you anymore.Text Chad: 252-CHAD-LAWEverything Chad — The GAILY NEWS, the books, the Common Sense Conservative Manifesto, and more — at chadparkerlaw.com.Chapters 00:00 You Don't Hate Capitalism03:24 America's Cost of Life Crisis05:28 Why Young Americans Are Turning on Capitalism08:04 We're Diagnosing the Wrong Problem13:22 Monopoly, Collusion & Price Gouging16:51 The Four-Question Competition Test17:46 Why Healthcare Costs So Much23:08 How Government Keeps Competitors Out25:01 The $131,000 Housing Problem28:19 What Democratic Socialists Want to Do30:14 The Problem With the Utility Model32:55 When Government Picks the Winner35:03 America's Price-Control Experiment38:24 Where Is the Free-Market Countermovement?40:58 Four Ways to Open the Market Again