I've been trying to explain that

But he’s using tariffs and government control in order to control where we trade by encouraging trade on a national level, rather than an international level

You need intervention to even be able to maintain constant competition

Which helps the stocks

It’s not as much intervention as it is encouragement

For example back to the ISP problem

They aren't magically going to stop splitting territory

So? It honestly doesn’t matter. They aren’t holding a monopoly, as no single company is buying out others.

You'd need government intervention to stop the territory split so they can compete

So you’re saying that if the companies aren’t fighting eachother, the government should step in?

Hello what did I miss?

To keep competition? Yes

You shouldn’t force competition. If it doesn’t happen naturally, then so be it

Thats what created the problem to begin with

The reason it's not happening is because they deliberately avoid competition

Keep the markets free. The only time the government should step in is if we had a major economic crisis, such as the great depression

Overregulation is what kills competition

It's important to consider that there's literally no develped nation with 0 economic regulations

Every country have a set of rules for engagement

it's about determining who's benefiting from those rules

I see that debate I’ve created has not yet come to a halt...

Government regulation should be in favor of the consumer and protect certain rights of workers

Then why are you against net neutrality?

Most people support it

And government should have less of of a hand in the free market and small businesses

Because ultimately itll benefit the consumer

That’s why I’m against it

By slowing their internet access to certain sites

right

If they do that, they'll start losing customers to a better competitor who provides the same or better services for the lower or same price

Because I’d rather allow the FTC to have stronger powers against the ISP monopolies, rather than letting the FCC laze around

I saw the trailer on Twitter this morning and I laughed with Glee cause it's going to be fucking awesome. Can't wait until may

A large portion of the population doesn't have any other ISP to switch to

A website or app is just a commodity

So why shouldn't it be sold like any other commodity

Also, Verizon, Comcast, AT&T, Warner Cable, those are ever present as alternatives for an ISP

I know many people who use mobile networking as their main form of internet connection

Not all ISPs are available everywhere

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there is a basic monopoly

There's only like 2 you can get where I live