Message from @The Electric Lizard
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You are just moving the monopoly around, You are not actually removing it
they may also have had nobles under their control who ALSO had privileges the Lord could not infringe upon
how is it a monopoly if no single body can do everything?
Not to mention you had ecclesiastical Lords
who were also responsible before the Pope
a foreign entity
It is a monopoly in their local area, Its a different type sure, But the result is the same, The government body whether they be many or few having the right to inflict violence
one body might have the right to inflict violence on person a in a given region, but not on person b
So your plan is just to split up the monopoly into local areas?
no, I'm asking you why isn't it your plan is you dislike monopolies and think that competition is a good thing
this clearly encourages competition and is less of a monopoly
(I'm also meming as HARD as I can, if you haven't noticed)
(I tend to do that to lolbertarians)
Monopolies damage the economy, Just look at Fascist Italy for example which is a good example, Mussolini wanted one company to be responsible for one thing which led to their being no innovation since the companies had no competition
Again, regurgitated talking point, not addressing my very serious idea
What is your main idea then?
I'm asking you why are you not ok with decentralizing the state if you dislike monopolies
I am to an extent, I would prefer for the economy to just run itself however there would be times when the government should intervene and the government is better suited to do that if it is not completely decentralised
I support some Decentralisation however the State should still have the power to stop monopolies
why couldn't the intervention be done on a local level, by the local authority so that there can be competing models within the country itself. Surely you are for competition?
why not/
just ban it
Because they simply don't have the influence, A group of largely decentralised counties will not have the same influence as a largely centralised state
what do you mean by influence?
there is lots of counties today that ban FB
you don need to be ultra powerful to just ban something
They can't influence the economy enough if they can just effect it in their local area
well, but there is a lot of local aread
areas
if 30% of them decide to ban something, surely it's gonna have an impact
and if the ban was a good idea
then those areas are gonna see positive change
Your assuming that they would all agree to stop the monopoly
they don't have to
as I said
banning something is extremely ez
If 30% decided to ban it would have an effect sure, but the monopoly would still have substantial power
but not on their territory
I guess
so there would be room for alternatives o grow