Message from @vlnc.co
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In modern style democracy
why should it be monopolized is a better question?
It isn't monopolized
UPS and FedEx are just two private sector competitors to the postal service
lol of course it is.... it monopolizes the letters
they only send packages ....
state has a legal monopoly on the paper letter notes
You can send letters via FedEx and UPS, they just need to be in the big manila envelopes
That was their decision not to take letters and ship them en masse
but no regular letter envelopes
no, its cuz its illegal for them to do that
tbh the postal service should start getting privatized,
If its in the public sector you pay taxes for it, and how many people still use letters?
e-mailzz
state has a monopoly on sending the regular letter envelopes
Well, all the junk mail companies, for a start
they still use letters
doesnt make sense to give ANY corporation legal privileges to monopolize a market
Well, another way to put it would be that the postal service was grandfathered in as a monopoly
By the time most of the big parcel-shipping companies were created, the USPS had already been shipping letters for quite some time
privatize the post office because they should be subject to market competition just like everyone else in the organic market
i think a totally free market naturally tends towards monopolies because of economies of scale, there needs to be some method of encouraging competition in order to advance economies
doesnt matter... its an unfair business practice ... its just a business/corporation after all
NO reason why it should have monopolistic legal privileges
agree that monopolies are bad, but either extreme creates monopolies
not really..... what are some examples of true free market monopolies?
standard oil
aside from the fact that only "Facebook" can do facebook, etc
the bigger you get the cheaper per unit of x you can buy
but you see... all these big corporations get all sorts of subsidies and kickbacks and other PRIVILEGES from the state
so not really free market
which is why we have antitrust laws
yes that also comes with scale
and i agree is bad
you can buy out politicians if youre huge - shouldnt be able to do that
the thing is..... the bigger a business/corporation/organization gets... the more inefficient it gets
so the easier it is to compete with them from more efficient smaller businesses
Hang on, playing devil's advocate for a moment, why shouldn't you be able to buy out a politician if you've got enough money?
If you've got the money, why not spend it?
Re-invest in the market, as it were
theres really no good examples of truely free market monopolies because free market competition always keeps incumbants in check