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You say this, but most Libertarians do not really give a fuck about competition, only that the government does not interfere with corporations in any way, and t
by thoughtpolice 12y ago
You say this, but most Libertarians do not really give a fuck about competition, only that the government does not interfere with corporations in any way, and they get theirs (no matter the cost to anyone else). Despite the fact there is boundless amounts of evidence of companies using their influence to force monopolies or crush competition.
Oh, but Libertarians don't like that (allegedly). Well then, their answer is simple: But if you don't like that, just move! Don't support that company! Bootstrap harder! Externalities don't real! That'll show those big mean old companies (nevermind the fact you don't have the money or ability to move or go without services like the internet, making the point moot).
At the end of the day, having dealt with many of them here in Texas, most libertarians are just dumbass 20 something white male Republicans who want to smoke weed and end the Fed. They're a joke, but they're a joke that exist on this site in quite a plentiful manner, as you can see. They don't care about the monopolistic control most ISPs have over their customers in plenty of places in the US. They only care that Obama doesn't get all up in their internet; everything else be damned.
- shmerl 12y ago> but most Libertarians do not really give a fuck about competition, only that the government does not interfere with corporations in any way No, libertarians are against excessive control over society, not necessarily corporations. I.e. if corporation is a monopoly, it itself gets excessive control over society, so as such libertarians support preventing monopolies. That's the logic behind it. I've never seen a libertarian who is supporting monopoly. It simply sounds like an oxymoron to me.