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  ·  2 years ago  ·  

Yes, they are necessary to curb and curtail monopoly and cornering of markets.

  ·  2 years ago  ·  

if price-gouging is not a type of scam

what is the "harm" in "monopoly" ?

why would such a thing need to be "curtailed" ?

are "free-markets" an automatic "good" ?


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  ·  2 years ago  ·   (edited)

Monopolies control a vast majority of the market.

Price gauging can be done by anyone who "overpriced" their offers, be it a mogul or a nobody.

Free markets are an automatic good. Freedom is superior to slavery. Monopolies are known since ancient times to be harmful if they eliminate competition or corner a market.

  ·  2 years ago  ·  

(IFF) "free-markets" = "good" (THEN) how do you justify breaking up a monopoly ?

under what moral principle is it impermissible to "eliminate competition" ?


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  ·  2 years ago  ·  

Based on how much it hinders Freedom of The Market. A free market implies that people are free to trade, yet they aren't free to subjugate the market to their will.

  ·  2 years ago  ·  

you can't protect your personal idea of "free to trade"

without restricting the freedom of individual actors


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  ·  2 years ago  ·  

I'd argue you can't have freedom if you're subjugated by monopolies.

  ·  2 years ago  ·  

so you have to be "less-free" in order to be "more-free" ?

how do you thread that needle ?


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