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What you say is true in theory but not in aggregate. It's no different from any other business in that respect. Look at companies in a field you are familiar w
by colordrops 5y ago
What you say is true in theory but not in aggregate. It's no different from any other business in that respect. Look at companies in a field you are familiar with and you will find that the very large ones are a lot more impersonal, ruthlessly efficient, and amoral.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoThat's the huristic I'm pushing back on: Big = bad, efficient = bad, ect. Some problems are indeed exaserbated at scale, others are not. I think this is especially true for the ag industry and the issues mentioned up thread. You can bust up the biggest factory farms into 100 smaller companies, but they would still have the same practices. Same with monocrop farming.
- longwick 5y agoBut at least the concentration of wealth would not occur, and right now wealth = power, which often means anti competitive practices like simply buying competitors.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoI'm not sure that true either. All the same people could own 100 farms as easily as one. They would just be independent companies.