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Re:US judge blocks $2.2B Penguin Random House merger by heavyset_go on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:40AM (#33417001)
"There's no need to get the government involved, the person stabbing you in the face will stop when they get tired."
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Re:US judge blocks $2.2B Penguin Random House merger by seibelj on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:49AM (#33417065)
Right! Better to destroy a business via government intervention “just in case”
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Re:US judge blocks $2.2B Penguin Random House merger by voz_ on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:53AM (#33417097)
Consumer protection is not "destroying a business"
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Re:US judge blocks $2.2B Penguin Random House merger by bombcar on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @12:59AM (#33417138)
In that case they literally almost always only get involved long after the stabbing is over.

So by that argument allow the merger and if it turns out antitrust fine the ever living shit out of them.

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