> What we want in this country is not solely a free market, but a competitive one. Who's this we business? Turn of the 20th century politicians? > Rockefelle

> What we want in this country is not solely a free market, but a competitive one. Who's this we business? Turn of the 20th century politicians? > Rockefeller didn't just establish a great supply chain for his oil refineries, he began making railroad companies charge other refineries more than his company. And were those railroads forced to take that deal? Economies of scale. Sounds similar to how Walmart is able to use their buying power to force down prices from their suppliers. "Raise prices for others" is the same as "Lower prices for me." > Then he bought the railroads and made the process even easier. Similar to how Walmart and now Amazon have their own shipping services as well (Walmart does their own back-haul). > Or pay a director a few extra million just to stop working with HBO I'm pretty sure this is already a thing? You can create all sorts of contracts around non-compete. > We, as both consumers and free marketeers, do not want this behavior. I want exactly this behavior. Hopefully we can cut out more middle people and have more direct-to-consumer purchasing model.