Message from @Lagomaster24
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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
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)
listen to this video in my response to your video on Venezuela
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?
printer ink
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