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So it's OK to burden the whole country with a monopoly as long as they fund a handful of Nobel prizes? Competition is a prerequisite for healthy Capitalism. La
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 2y ago
So it's OK to burden the whole country with a monopoly as long as they fund a handful of Nobel prizes?
Competition is a prerequisite for healthy Capitalism. Lack of competition is the Achilles heel.
- someluccc 2y agoPlease do tell us how Google is a burden to the whole country. Is it the free maps? free mobile OS? free email? free cloud storage? free video service? free office suite? free desktop OS? free AI chat?
- christhecaribou 2y agoRead a book on tech entrepreneurship. The “goal” of most startups is to get purchased by a big tech company. That’s utterly fucked, and tacitly demonstrates the problem.
- someluccc 2y agoIt’s fucked that people start companies because they have the safety net of possibly being acquired even if the business doesn’t work out?
- christhecaribou 2y agoIt’s suspicious that long term growth into an independent business isn’t realistically discussed as an option.
- someluccc 2y agoBecause a lot of those business are only possible through monumental amounts of work and/or investment and selling is way easier than being an owner-operator for years under very probable risk of failure?