One thing I will promise; I never block anyone just because I may disagree with or dislike their words. Because the only people who do are cowards. Want to attack me? Fine. If you think that makes the world a better place, go ahead; you cannot hurt me with your words.
Okay, no literally zero actual examples of "if there were no government, there would be only oligopoly. See: history."? Not even one? Got it.
Yes, corporations have colluded with weak governments. And strong ones. There is a reason that essentially all libertarians support FREE markets.
By all means, point to a historical situation where there is no government and only oligopoly. If you can.
Socialism strikes me as far more "boot licking" than capitalism, if for some strange reason one needs to resort to crude sexual references when discussing economics.
If I don't care for what a company is doing...I can simply not buy from them. I haven't given amazon any of my money in many years (of course, the government has taken some of my money and given it to them). Under #socialism, if you don't like what the supplier is doing...tough.
Which one leaves you more free?
In a price war, suppose every corporation lowers their prices; sure, none of them "win". Who does? The consumer. I make no apology for that.
Sure, one of the main ideas of oligopoly is to prevent new entrants. One of the best ways? Send the government to do it for you. Really, there are few other ways. That's one of the reasons libertarians support a free market; would-be oligarchs can use the government to do things they could never accomplish without it.
I'd be interested to see any proof that this was even a blip on their sales figures.
Yep; blaming us for things we never did. Nothing but a strawman. I wish I was surprised.
That you're happy to blame libertarians for something we never did?
You can blame libertarians for whatever you like; we do not support subsidies, and that includes for oil and coal. It 100% democrats and republicans that made that happen.
I mean, sure, if you're fond of strawmen, and prefer to never actually talk to a libertarian or listen to what they actually think or say.
I find that most people of just about every political stripe often struggle to approach conversation rationally.
And if you look, time and again, the big parties are all for more #subsidies. #democrats push huge subsidies for charging stations, #solar, #wind. #republicans push for more for #oil, #gas, etc.
It is only the #libertarian who says "Don't subsidize them at all. Let the people choose where to spend their own money; do not take it from them at gunpoint and then spend it "for their own good"".
I mean, sure. Maybe next you can make a post about how replicators from Star Trek aren't going to replace mining.
Putting aside that plenty of sci-fi works do address how such a machine may work...is anyone making those claims NOT in sci-fi? Because I'm pretty sure most people understand what "fiction" means, and are not looking to it for solutions to problems. Are you also going to point out that teleporting won't solve transportation problems?
Food can be 3d printed. It's trivial at this point. https://www.3dsourced.com/rankings/food-3d-printer/
There is a difference between creating a material and fabricating it. I might just as well say that a lathe doesn't make metal. True, but...did anyone say it did? Is anyone claiming that 3d printing is a substitute for agriculture?
I'm well aware that he was single, Scottish, and lived with his mother. Why would any of that change the validity of his ideas?
The obvious flaw in this post is that this has nothing to do with a free market. The Open Insulin Project stands ready and eager to provide safe, effective, cheap insulin. What stops them? Not #capitalism. Not the #freemarket. It's the #FDA. It's the government controlling markets, which is not what #capitalists want; it's the doctrine of #socialism.
Yes, it's clear that you have no clue what you're talking about. If you only consider it competition when every single good or service is TRULY IDENTICAL, it becomes a concept without significant meaning. You might as well complain that THIS big mac isn't competing with THAT big mac because the bun weighs three grams more.
I don't think you grasp the idea of competition. By using the exact same logic as you apply to streaming services, I could claim that burger kind doesn't compete with mcdonalds because they sell whoppers, not big macs.
No, socialism is the supposed stepping stone towards communism, not the other way around. And neither of them are capitalism.
Dismiss honesty and accuracy as "pedantry" all you wish. Your claims are objectively and provably false.