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    1. Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️𐃏‏ @webdevMason 26 Jan 2020

      Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️𐃏 Retweeted Robert Reich

      I, for one, have Serious Concerns about the monopoly JK Rowling has over the ideas in her own headhttps://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1220481483002937344 …

      Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️𐃏 added,

      Robert ReichVerified account @RBReich
      .@AOC is right. There are 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars in America: 1) Profiting from a monopoly 2) Insider-trading 3) Political payoffs 4) Fraud 5) Inheritance None of these are earned or have anything to do with being successful in the supposed free market. https://twitter.com/Kanew/status/1219406717726994432 …
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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 Jan 2020
      Replying to @webdevMason

      To be fair, this is an accurate description of the world before the Industrial Revolution. So he's only about 200 years behind the times.

      11:30 PM - 26 Jan 2020
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        2. Thiago Guerrera‏ @Thiagogm 26 Jan 2020
          Replying to @theArpanG @paulg @webdevMason

          Monopoly by excellence, not by government imposition.

          1 reply 0 retweets 27 likes
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        2. Chris Anderson‏Verified account @chr1sa 26 Jan 2020
          Replying to @paulg @webdevMason

          To be fair, that accurately describes the Robber Barron's, too, so he's only 100 years out of date

          1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
        3. Tom Pain | tompain.eth  🏴‍☠️‏ @TheTomPain 27 Jan 2020
          Replying to @chr1sa @paulg @webdevMason

          Careful with your populist history - "The problem with the Standard Oil myth that is the foundation of this legislation and the mountains of litigation it has generated is that it is not only untrue but actually the opposite of what happened."https://mises.org/library/100-years-myths-about-standard-oil …

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        1. Kedar‏ @kedartv 26 Jan 2020
          Replying to @paulg @webdevMason

          They should read the chapter on wealth creation in H&P!

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        1. Julien Wajsberg‏ @jwajsberg 26 Jan 2020
          Replying to @paulg @webdevMason

          To be fair, JK Rowling isn't from America.

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        1. RK‏ @dudeman_0918 27 Jan 2020
          Replying to @paulg @webdevMason

          To be fair, he did not say those are the ONLY 5 ways. Those 5 still stands, not only in america but in the whole world!

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        1. Krishna Dusad‏ @krishnadusad 27 Jan 2020
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          Also accurate for lot of developing countries. I don't think a lot of people in America understand just the cost of going about life in a lot of parts of the world with a ton of bureaucracy -- most people can recount *personal experiences* with fraud, corruption, bribery

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        1. Charlie Daly‏ @DalyProse 27 Jan 2020
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          @DalyBeast

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        1. Merchant of Spice‏ @JuanSpicyBoy 27 Jan 2020
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          Yeah ok Marx

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