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

thoughts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z0wEN1v6Ko

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

but interesting question

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.

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

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

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

i think both parties are in the wrong in that situation

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

Chavez always talked about "exporting" the revolution, etc

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)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg_xr9WCwTk

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

sure

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

I want Rockefeller back!

Which Rockefeller?

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