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Like in theory Google and Microsoft are competing? Or CVS and Walgreens? Or Boeing and Lockheed? Or Visa and MasterCard? Oligopolies are arranged monopolies wi
by passwordoops 3y ago
Like in theory Google and Microsoft are competing? Or CVS and Walgreens? Or Boeing and Lockheed? Or Visa and MasterCard?
Oligopolies are arranged monopolies with the further disadvantage of not being subject to the freedoms and rights set out by the constitution. Unless they are broken up, we'll eventually be in a place where things are worse than under government control
- _2z1p 3y agoAll of those businesses you mentioned do largely compete with each other, in addition to other smaller players in their respective spaces. Could you give an example of them not competing? A government run bank seems particularly scary in this highly polarized political climate. What if this administration decided not to give out loans to buy ICE cars, but the next administration swings to the right and decides to not give out loans to buy EVs? The federal government having direct access to your checking account is scary as well. What if they had the ability to freeze the bank accounts of those who refused to get the COVID vaccine or asked the wrong questions on social media? The government running our entire banking system directly is one of the most dystopian things I can imagine.