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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by posguy on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @08:27PM (#23912535)
There are very few that will celebrate De Beers implementation of this monopoly business model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers#Legal_issues
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by missedthecue on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @09:00PM (#23912799)
De Beers does not have a monopoly. Look up their market share.
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by posguy on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @09:10PM (#23912873)
They had an effective monopoly, until their control of supply was broken: http://www.paulzimnisky.com/a-brief-history-of-de-beers
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Re:The Billionaire Behind Efforts to Kill the U.S. Postal Se... by missedthecue on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @09:35PM (#23913053)
By market forces. Competition, when permitted to exist, produces net benefits.
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