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Monopolies don't need to be granted by someone, they're innate to a system that targets endless growth and centralization. Governments, despite being partially
by tavavex 1y ago
Monopolies don't need to be granted by someone, they're innate to a system that targets endless growth and centralization. Governments, despite being partially corrupted by undue influence that lets monopolism seep back into our society, are the only entities standing in between full monopolization and the world we live in now. In the total absence of a government, the wealthiest entities would repeatedly buy out smaller competitors and use their near-endless power to inhibit any new players from joining the scene (if not legally, then militarily). At that level of wealth, there is nothing that would be able to hold them back from further growth. The biggest company would become a de facto totalitarian government after a certain point.
If you had an urgent emergency that had to be treated now, your nearest hospital in free-market-land might as well charge you a million dollars. If there's any sort of urgency that prevents you from going elsewhere, what are you gonna do? Die?