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Re:Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes by greggyb on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @08:46AM (#26724024)
Your point has changed at least twice in this thread.

My point was simply that "monopoly" is not an accurate term here.

You can't say "oligopoly may be more accurate, so I've been correct."

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Re:Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes by throwanem on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @08:49AM (#26724065)
Sure I can! You're quibbling over my choice of a single, admittedly inexact but contextually plain, word, rather than engage at all with the actual point I made. I'm just trying to meet you where you are.
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Re:Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @09:00AM (#26724227)
> a single, admittedly inexact but contextually plain, word

Within the context of a policy discussion, a monopoly versus oligopoly is a pretty material difference. Every growing business at some level “wants” to monopolise their niche.

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Re:Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes by Nevermark on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @09:48AM (#26724882)
You are still not addressing the point despite wording clarifications that addressed your original quibbles.
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Re:Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes by greggyb on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @01:12PM (#26727770)
You're responding to someone else now.

I'll quote myself:

> I don't really have much to disagree with you about, but maybe you want to check the "monopoly" claim.

If you want to have a debate, we can. Name something you want to disagree on.

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