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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 15 Aug \ parent \ on: Google is a monopoly. The fix isn't obvious tech

I don't "believe in the power of monopolies". I just see governments as monopolies.

That is believing in the power of a monopoly.

I think in free market systems monopolies are checked by competition and free choice. When a company begins to abuse their position they invite competition. They open a door.

Then your "faith" is informed by your belief, which is where your reason is deriving its foundation. You have an open door for abuse, but not one for the state that would exist if there was a lack of abuse.

The state's "regulation" of the market actually makes monopolies more likely by increasing start up costs for upstarts.

Then you have confirmation of your faith.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 15 Aug

I don't think we are gonna move each other on this. We can't even agree on what a monopoly is. Regardless of the form of government (Republic, Democracy, Monarchy, Communism) the state has a monopoly over certain aspects. They have different mechanisms of influence and control. But that's not the way you see it. We are talking past each other.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 15 Aug

I don't think we are gonna move each other on this. We can't even agree on what a monopoly is.

I wasn't trying to move you, and I had no intention of moving.

Regardless of the form of government (Republic, Democracy, Monarchy, Communism) the state has a monopoly over certain aspects.

When you define something as an axiom of a thing, it will be there. I disagree with your axiom. I assert a little further that it is actually a falsehood. That things are operating under a lie doesn't make them true. It's a house of cards that will fall and is falling.

They have different mechanisms of influence and control. But that's not the way you see it. We are talking past each other.

You have defined what your truth is. I am saying that your truth is founded on a lie. We aren't talking past each other. We aren't even in the same room. If I'm right, I'm in a house, and you are in the mirage of one.