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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by pc86 on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:08PM (#17759742)
Nothing in the parent comment indicates or requires a monopoly. At all.
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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by _bxg1 on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @01:20PM (#17759852)
It does, partially. While it's no replacement for democracy or other forms of cooperative stakeholding, the one avenue we have for influencing companies we grow to depend on is through our business. Monopolies remove that sole piece of leverage.
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