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There should not be megalandlords that can control a significant portion of housing anywhere. "Some people want..." is a lot more theoretical argument than gp.
by daveguy 4y ago
There should not be megalandlords that can control a significant portion of housing anywhere. "Some people want..." is a lot more theoretical argument than gp. There needs to be limits on the power of landlords. I am curious as to what other countries have done to avoid it. Monopolies are illegal in the US, but it seems difficult to bring anti-trust against landlords.
- seanp2k2 4y ago>Monopolies are illegal in the US If Comcast isn’t a monopoly for many in this country, I don’t know what is. Serious question: what are some notable examples of the government taking actual action against monopolies in a meaningful way that made them no longer monopolies?
- rfrec0n 4y agoThere are no examples in the past 40 or 50 years. The country is infested with illegal monopolies. At this point there really aren't any industries left that aren't completely dominated by 3 or 4 massive companies. This has even spread to industries which have been historically immune to monopolies for various reasons, such as local news, FM radio, primary care practicianers, hardware stores, textbook publishing, car/heavy equipment mechanics, etc.
- skybrian 4y agoThere are regulated monopolies. (For example, power companies.) They aren't illegal. There are some business practices that are illegal, but the companies themselves are not.
- daveguy 4y agoThat's a good point. There are regulated monopolies. But if a monopoly does not have specific legal endorsement to operate (eg NFL, power company for a region, etc) then it is illegal.