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This bridge is far from a natural monopoly, as the border is considerably long. The justice system however, which allowed the bridge owner to maintain his unnat
by lvass 3y ago
This bridge is far from a natural monopoly, as the border is considerably long. The justice system however, which allowed the bridge owner to maintain his unnatural monopoly, is publicly owned.
- kranke155 3y agoThe justice system is publicly owned but lobbied and interfered with (manipulated by?) by private interests.
- ajsnigrutin 3y agoLobbying is just public officials taking bribes (in one for or another). If we had to decide who's worse, i give my vote (of being the worst) to the politicians.
- timschmidt 3y agoYou could remove them all, and punish them all severely, but without change to the system which they were the most successful at working, they will all be replaced by indistinguishable figures working the same systems in the same ways.
- kranke155 3y agoThe best predictor of results are the incentives in place.
- ajsnigrutin 3y agoSo what? I mean... after a few dozen people are sent to prison for a few years, there should be at least a few people willing to say 'no' to the lobbyists.
- timschmidt 3y agoSo what? I mean... after a few dozen people are sent to prison for a few years, there should be at least a few people willing to say 'no' to [stealing/drugs/speeding/fraud/murder/etc.] People still commit all those crimes you say? Oh.
- timschmidt 3y ago> This bridge is far from a natural monopoly, as the border is considerably long. The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_River https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_River is a total of 24 miles long, and both sides have been populated since at least 11,000 years ago. Good luck.
- fallingknife 3y agoSo long enough to fit hundreds of bridges. And also a few miles to the north there is the St Clair river which is even longer and less populated and already has a bridge.
- timschmidt 3y agoOh? Which neighborhoods will you be demolishing? How you choose determines who will be suing you. > And also a few miles to the north Tell me you don't live here without saying it. What's an added 3 hours of commute one way? No big deal. Employers will be pleased.
- fallingknife 3y agoWhat do commuters have to do with this? One bridge is plenty for them considering Windsor has a population of like 200k. And the toll over this bridge is only like 6 bucks which would be the same as a government bridge. This is an international trade issue.
- timschmidt 3y ago> Windsor has a population of like 200k City borders are often much smaller than city population areas. Population of the metropolitan areas on both sides of the Detroit River is over 5 million people.
- Symbiote 3y agoDo many people commute over the bridge? Reading [1] which talks of frequent delays, it sounds inconvenient. It isn't really "efficient for an international border" compared to the Schengen area in the EU, or India-Nepal, Russia-Belarus, UK-Ireland etc. At those, there are no checks at all; so no need to stop. [1] https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Detroit#From_Canada https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Detroit#From_Canada