I don't see how a free market is a guarantee against monopolies
If it's my property it's mine, if I bought the entire country it's mine
You talk about governments as if they were above multinationals and as if they weren't run by people
That's a funny thing
To say I put governments above multinationals is super dishonest, considering I pointed out corporations become more powerful than governments. They can only get to the point with the support of governments though. Who do you think is giving them the power and resources to do what they do? Corporate formed oligarchies don't exist unless governments allow for them.
Also, when did I suggest the multinationals aren't run by people? I don't understand that comment.
Circling back, markets are only free when there aren't extensive barriers to market entry and when individuals can't be artificially prevented from competing because of governments OR corporations having the power to prevent that competition. Monopolies, and lobbying are just two, very prevalent, examples of how that can happen. Another, often ignored, example is corporate executives and owners (substantial share holders) moving back and forth to high ranking, appointed government positions. They use those positions to manipulate law and policy to give unfair competitive advantage, subsidies, and bloated government contracts, to their corporations. Blatant corruption.
What makes you believe the most powerful players today, wouldn't remain the most powerful ones in a free market tomorrow?
Their massive advantage would suddenly vanish?
You know, the more things change, the more they stay the same
If you and I aren't jeff bezos or donald trump, it's not the government's fault
That's the hard cold truth right there
Oh, I don't think that at all. Once you become royalty, it doesn't just go away. The problem is that they even got to that point to begin with. It would probably take 50 years of honest laws to get back to true freedom and equality for the people. But we have to start somewhere. The alternative is that things will just keep getting worse. Or we have a full on commie revolution and be people just become de facto royalty through government power alone.
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