>>Literally not a free market. They are not engaging in the voluntary exchange of goods and services, they are just murdering their way to power. PWAHAHAHAHAH And who's going to stop them??? (government can't be the answer) >>Maybe you could make an argument for assisted suicide services? Other than that I don't see many targets voluntarily agreeing to be killed. Supply and demand my dear idealist friend, forces of supply and demand ONLY, to regulate the market.... >>Monopolies generally require the co-operation of the government... "Generally" which implies not always... In that case we agree... Otherwise it's false https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/monopoly.asp A monopoly refers to when a company and its product offerings dominate a sector or industry. Monopolies can be considered an extreme result of free-market capitalism in that absent any restriction or restraints, a single company or group becomes large enough to own all or nearly all of the market (goods, supplies, commodities, infrastructure, and assets) for a particular type of product or service. The term monopoly is often used to describe an entity that has total or near-total control of a market.