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Re:Competition Is Dying, and Taking Capitalism with It? by analog31 on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @11:46PM (#18558172)
In my view, no business can grow beyond the size of, say, a mom-and-pop grocery store or a family farm without a number of government institutions that we take for granted: The money system, limitation of liability, police, the tort system, and so forth.
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Re:Competition Is Dying, and Taking Capitalism with It? by randyrand on Thursday November 29, 2018 @03:31PM (#18563687)
The 'government help' being referred to above is specifically help that limits competition between privately held enterprises.

I'm not sure how your examples limit competition.

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Re:Competition Is Dying, and Taking Capitalism with It? by analog31 on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:25PM (#18564174)
That wasn't clear from your comment, but I was supporting what I thought you were saying. Businesses have to be capable of reaching a size where it makes sense to talk about monopolies, and once you've reached that point, then you're already up to your eyeballs in government involvement.
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Re:Competition Is Dying, and Taking Capitalism with It? by tengbretson on Thursday November 29, 2018 @01:22AM (#18558476)
Our money system is not a government institution.
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