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How are you still ignoring that the patent system created the monopoly?

• evgen 13y ago
  Because the patent was not the only thing that created the monopoly, nor was the the most important thing in sustaining the monopoly over telecommunication services at that time. Given the nature of how the tech worked, a monopoly provider was inevitable. The patent only dictated that the name of the monopoly provider was AT&T instead of Western Union.