Message from @vlnc.co
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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
so the problem is once monopolies get established they could then in theory now charge whatever they want
and when has that ever happened?
and the funny/ironic thing is......
thats exactly how the government operates already.... arent you concerned about that?
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Big Oil
tobacco, steel, oil, ...
big oil is a single corporation?
you just listed industries
Some pharmaceutical companies
on drugs that only they make
maerkets whre thre is only comcast
AS IF there arent smaller businesses in those industries lol
I thought big oil was a giant man made of oil
Poptarts, you're dismissing what are potentially valid counter-arguments on technicalities
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
do you think water should be privatized?
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
Technically, water is already privatized in some areas
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
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you really need to think thru this stuff.... if invent some device that synthesises water, or of i go off an invest TONS of money to purify say SEA WATER..... of course that would be my private property
not to mention that you already BUY water in one way or another
bottled water
nobody would be entitled to take pure water from that that i have created with my own labor
and the "public" water system of course... tap water, etc
as if you dont already have to buy it!
purifying sea water makes the water yours? who did you buy the sea water from?
we also have the whole "raw water" thing
nobody owned the sea water to begin with ... it was a raw material that was transformed and i added value to it
value is added by the market though
the real question is .... what claim would anybody else have on sea water that i have purified?
Nobody technically owns any water. What you're paying for is the ease with which you can get the water, due to plumbing, pumps, etc.
so if you took raw sea water, bottled it, and called it "authentic indian ocean water, not for drinking" and could sell it
that would be yours?
i believe that if you can produce your own water, like powering your home yourself. it is effectively yours
your body is something like 80% water
ownership is an agreement,
If i pulled a gun and just took what you have, you wouldn't own it anymore 😛
if you dont own that water, who does?
my body, my water