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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by Hydraulix989 on Friday July 28, 2017 @01:54PM (#14876141)
Most very successful businesses had to bend the rules a bit to get where they are at.
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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by candiodari on Friday July 28, 2017 @04:15PM (#14877188)
Most very successful businesses are government monopolies or oligopolies, and are the result of the state continuously interfering on their behalf over a period of decades or more. Sometimes multiple times. At least here in France.

The really big companies are France Telecom/Orange, GDF/Suez, Total, BNP Paribas, Sanofi, EDF and Societe Generale, maybe Renault. All fit this pattern. None are the result of innovation, the closest would be Sanofi and Renault up until WW1.

I have not yet been to another country where it was different.

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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by xxSparkleSxx on Friday July 28, 2017 @02:27PM (#14876403)
yep, and as a pleb I don't know if I should hold onto my ethics or say fuck it and follow in their footsteps.
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