That also makes no sense. Literally any large company could do great deals of harm even if they have countless competitors if they set out for the goal of just doing harm.
There is a serious fundamental difference between a monopoly and a general market preference.
If every single one of your competitors all decide to be stupid and you don’t you arnt a monopoly. You just are the only one not being stupid.
That also makes no sense. Literally any large company could do great deals of harm even if they have countless competitors if they set out for the goal of just doing harm.
Surely you understand that the amount of harm that a company with no serious competitors can do is much higher and longer lasting than the harm that a company with competitors can do.
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That also makes no sense. Literally any large company could do great deals of harm even if they have countless competitors if they set out for the goal of just doing harm.
There is a serious fundamental difference between a monopoly and a general market preference.
If every single one of your competitors all decide to be stupid and you don’t you arnt a monopoly. You just are the only one not being stupid.
Surely you understand that the amount of harm that a company with no serious competitors can do is much higher and longer lasting than the harm that a company with competitors can do.
If they start being stupid, they’re suddenly on par with the competitors already being stupid. Suddenly they have viable competitors.
A monopoly is when all competitors have been destroyed, not when competitors aren’t particularly competitive. At least, under the letter of US law.
Which is why there shouldn’t be any large companies.