At no point you talked about monopolies. And it has plenty of evidence in the real world, just look at AT&T, cable companies, ISPs, mail carriers, etc. And lo

At no point you talked about monopolies. And it has plenty of evidence in the real world, just look at AT&T, cable companies, ISPs, mail carriers, etc. And look at monopoly pricing. > The biggest problems of these companies is that they are owned by private individuals. Having them formed as coops solves a major issue. No, it doesn't. Coops are also owned by shareholders, and with government protection, they are monopolies, extracting economic rents from consumers. And economic rents are always, always bad.