Message from @TheNobody
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So unless someone was to come and build new train tracks all around the UK (which would be impossibly expensive) SWT are always going to have a monopoly on the trains in that part of the country
So even if you do have a "free market" there's going to be a natural monopoly
Therefore in this scenario its better to have a state owned monopoly where the people controlling it have to answer to the voting population rather than a company which owns the monopoly which cant be ousted by the people and is only trying to make profit
Obviously this only works in specific scenarios
Aka why I didn't say it works all the time
It dosen't
And that's why communism fails
Because communism tries to apply that everywhere
But in sectors like water rail and healthcare nationalization can work better
Nationalization works in some areas, a free market works better in others
No. Governments can limit Monopolies, and that's just fine.
A private Monopoly, can be held accountable for their actions, an entire government can not be so easily.
a Monopoly exsists beacuse its good
when its bad ppl dont use it
and it starts to fail
You can't hold a private monopoly accountable in that situation
Unless you boycott the trains
why not
But in that case millions of commuters can't get around
Or sue them
Who?
Also what grounds do you have to sue them
Said Monopoly
It's not like they intentionally set up a monopoly
most Monopoly are created beacuse of govement
Its the nature of the rail industry
gov regulations
that limit busnies
Gov regulations can't stop a monopoly in that sector
As I said
Monopoly give the gov a lot of money to stop other busnesis from taking over
exsample - car dealerships
and air ports
YEah
all goverment made Monopoly
in capitalisem that cant exsist
Those are examples where a free market works
cus the gov wont have the power
And nationalization