Re: My Dinner With Marc Andreessen

From	D <nospam@example.net>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: My Dinner With Marc Andreessen
Date	2024-07-07 12:38 +0200
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On Sun, 7 Jul 2024, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 12:18:57 +0200, D wrote:
>
>> If they raise the price, competitors will form, or alternatives will be
>> developed.
>
> There are ways to stifle competition, if there are no laws to prevent it.
> Deceptive advertising, predatory pricing, cornering the market on
> important components, buying out competitors ... the history of capitalism
> is littered with examples of all of these.
>
> Remember the phrase: “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts
> absolutely”. An economic monopoly is something pretty close to “absolute
> power”.
>

Incorrect. Markets have customers and are based on free informed consent. 
What you describe is a government based, ultimately on a monopoly on 
violence.

Congratulations Lawrence, you just explained why governments are the 
threat and not free markets! =D

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