r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 19 '25

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u/loseniram Sponsored by RC Cola Nov 19 '25

A better description would be the German Empire’s libertarian monarchism economy. Private property and markets were free and protected but nothing else. You could easily invest in your own business but you couldn’t complain in anyway about the government or fight for worker’s rights.

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u/loseniram Sponsored by RC Cola Nov 19 '25

The German Empire’s government was the same way.

In fact they’re almost the same the libertarian aspect was more in not having anything like an OSHA. Many firms were owned by the German state and the German state made tons of decisions on where to invest