Taking on a monopoly is not the worst idea. You can do things they can't. There is a build in percentage of people who won't use the monopoly because of past

Taking on a monopoly is not the worst idea. You can do things they can't. There is a build in percentage of people who won't use the monopoly because of past bad experience. Taking on a monopoly and taking over their position are two different things. If you can carve out 1% of any monopoly you have a huge success.