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Re:Alibaba slapped with record $2.7B antitrust fine by pjc50 on Sunday April 11, 2021 @01:27AM (#26767688)
It is always the case that any kind of change or growth is destabilizing. The most stable state is not to grow, after all.

Usually the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, but there's no point pretending that there are never any individuals or groups who lose out as a result of an innovation.

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Re:Alibaba slapped with record $2.7B antitrust fine by justicezyx on Sunday April 11, 2021 @11:37PM (#26775862)
> The most stable state is not to grow, after all.

Well, the assumption has to be that there were no external impact to that system, which was never the case.

A strong stable and healthy mainstream, plus moderate amount of innovation seem the most stable, under normal circumstances, to me.

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