Originally Posted by
Ian W
It actually shows the opposite.
In a command socialist society Boeing would be commanded to continue. In the capitalist society people stop flying in the Max so air carriers stop buying the Max and the company building the Max suffers a financial loss. The companies that sell better aircraft start winning more orders. This is capitalism controlling the market to ensure better quality aircraft. Similarly, the company making a loss removes those who made the incorrect decisions, learns from their failures and works to regain market share.
Were that to be true if Boeing hadn't hoovered up all the major US manufacturers. Now their greed for power and market share has put the whole picnic in peril.