Message from @vlnc.co

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2018-07-06 21:32:38 UTC  

Re-invest in the market, as it were

2018-07-06 21:33:01 UTC  

theres really no good examples of truely free market monopolies because free market competition always keeps incumbants in check

2018-07-06 21:33:48 UTC  

morally speaking there is a conflict of interests, since politicians present themselves as serving the people

2018-07-06 21:33:57 UTC  

but interesting question

2018-07-06 21:34:17 UTC  

Yeah, but that doesn't make the act of buying them wrong in and of itself. Their decision to accept the offer is what's wrong, according to that logic.

2018-07-06 21:34:37 UTC  

and big corps "monopolies" lobby for all sorts of regulations in order to quelch competition.... to make the barrier to entry much harder

2018-07-06 21:35:11 UTC  

bcuz big corps can afford it, but small business cannot afford smothering regulations.. so it works in the giants' favor

2018-07-06 21:35:47 UTC  

theres a lot more going on in Venezuela than meets the eye

2018-07-06 21:36:03 UTC  

i think both parties are in the wrong in that situation

2018-07-06 21:36:33 UTC  

Iran is funding lots of evil thuggary and MS13 in S. America

2018-07-06 21:36:51 UTC  

Chavez always talked about "exporting" the revolution, etc

2018-07-06 21:37:08 UTC  

in addition to cost/unit benefits of larger scale, you also have network effects in some industries where ppl naturally tend to bigger networks (like social media)

2018-07-06 21:37:30 UTC  

listen to this video in my response to your video on Venezuela

2018-07-06 21:37:43 UTC  

sure

2018-07-06 21:38:59 UTC  

thats okay tho... vinc.co.... ppl vote with their dollars ..... democracy only belongs in the marketplace.... not from the barrel of a gun

2018-07-06 21:38:59 UTC  

I want Rockefeller back!

2018-07-06 21:39:42 UTC  

Which Rockefeller?

2018-07-06 21:39:48 UTC  

plus as i mentioned..... smaller businesses can compete with them easier bcuz theyre more efficient ... so there will always be an ebb and flow of small/large businesses

2018-07-06 21:39:52 UTC  

so the problem is once monopolies get established they could then in theory now charge whatever they want

2018-07-06 21:40:11 UTC  

and when has that ever happened?

2018-07-06 21:40:30 UTC  

and the funny/ironic thing is......

2018-07-06 21:40:44 UTC  

thats exactly how the government operates already.... arent you concerned about that?

2018-07-06 21:40:47 UTC  

printer ink

2018-07-06 21:40:54 UTC  

Big Oil

2018-07-06 21:40:55 UTC  

tobacco, steel, oil, ...

2018-07-06 21:41:07 UTC  

big oil is a single corporation?

2018-07-06 21:41:13 UTC  

you just listed industries

2018-07-06 21:41:15 UTC  

Some pharmaceutical companies

2018-07-06 21:41:20 UTC  

on drugs that only they make

2018-07-06 21:41:23 UTC  

maerkets whre thre is only comcast

2018-07-06 21:41:25 UTC  

AS IF there arent smaller businesses in those industries lol

2018-07-06 21:41:27 UTC  

I thought big oil was a giant man made of oil

2018-07-06 21:41:57 UTC  

Poptarts, you're dismissing what are potentially valid counter-arguments on technicalities

2018-07-06 21:42:45 UTC  

again..... you cannot prescribe this an effect of capitalism bcuz of all the lobbying and privileges that corps like comcast get unfairly from the government .... thats an effect corporate welfare youre describing

2018-07-06 21:43:25 UTC  

do you think water should be privatized?

2018-07-06 21:43:36 UTC  

the telecom industry is SO heavily regulated by the govt that you cannot point to how it appears today as a phenomonen of capitalism bcuz its not

2018-07-06 21:43:55 UTC  

Technically, water is already privatized in some areas

2018-07-06 21:44:31 UTC  

chicken and egg right? they only get privileges from govt after they got huge. even without govt inteference the barrier to entry in building a telecom network is massive. early adoper / network effects wins

2018-07-06 21:44:39 UTC  

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