@oddblots @drethelin Anti-monopolism is just first-phase communism.
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@Outsideness @oddblots what's good about de beers or patent trolls?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@drethelin @oddblots How does 'good' come into it? Governments trying to do good have been the road to hell.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Outsideness @oddblots I like vaccinations and having a highway system and having police and water sanitization and libraries2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin @oddblots Private monopolies would do all those things and more if they hadn't been suppressed by Leviathan1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness @oddblots any monopoly that does those things is to me pretty indistinguishable from government2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin @oddblots Except that private monopolies are destroyed and replaced by deep competition, governments aren't (unless by war).3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness @oddblots de beers has been going strong for decades. Not even artificial diamonds have stopped them.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@drethelin @oddblots Diamonds are mostly positional goods, so monopoly pricing probably doesn't hurt anybody. (No idea about industrial use)
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Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@drethelin @oddblots Diamonds are pretty much the ideal illustration of Thorstein Veblen's theories.0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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