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Re:I was Zuckerberg’s speechwriter by vkou on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @02:02PM (#16860750)
Businesses get punished by markets when they operate inefficiently. They do not get punished by markets when they poison, cheat, rob, or kill people - especially when those people aren't their customers.
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Re:I was Zuckerberg’s speechwriter by thesagan on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @02:20PM (#16860926)
This is mainly true in competitive markets. Markets aren’t always competitive. We could argue we live in an oligarchy which isn’t as competitive as we are taught.
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