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"but another term for courteous noncompete agreements with your competitors is cronyism." And another term for this sentence is a strawman argument. Nobody at
by ahoyhere 14y ago
"but another term for courteous noncompete agreements with your competitors is cronyism."
And another term for this sentence is a strawman argument. Nobody at all said there was a gentleman's agreement not to compete. Please read the article.
- rz2k 14y agoYou might argue that it is a slippery slope argument, which is not a problem in itself, especially since there is a loose definition for what constitutes cronyism, but it is not a straw man argument. The post calls for not drawing attention to when a competitor experiences a failure. That sort of chumminess does not encourage more robust infrastructure, it makes it difficult for new entrants to compete based on better reliability, and ultimately does not benefit customers.