capitalism is about competition and non-competes are literally named a "not gonna compete" agreement.
I don't see how's that capitalism at all. If Coca-cola and Pepsi signed a agreement not to compete that was made public, the FTC would go after them. If Microsoft made secret backroom deals that gave them an unfair advantage, the FTC would and did go after them. If you don't like competition, having the government come in and say you're the only one that can do that just isn't how American is supposed to work.
Non-competes are anti-capitalism and anti-American. That they're used against bartenders and restaurant servers is just gross.
Don't confuse free market and capitalism. They are operated at same time, but capitalism certainly does not have free market as end goal, it would much prefer to have total monopoly.
I don't see how's that capitalism at all. If Coca-cola and Pepsi signed a agreement not to compete that was made public, the FTC would go after them. If Microsoft made secret backroom deals that gave them an unfair advantage, the FTC would and did go after them. If you don't like competition, having the government come in and say you're the only one that can do that just isn't how American is supposed to work.
Non-competes are anti-capitalism and anti-American. That they're used against bartenders and restaurant servers is just gross.