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Re:More startups should take on monopolies by toomuchtodo on Saturday March 02, 2024 @11:19PM (#39578387)
Matt Stoller refers to it as “Counterfeit Capitalism.”

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/counterfeit-capitalism-wh...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickwwatson/2019/02/27/fake-...

https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Myth+of+Capitalism%3A+Monopo...

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Re:More startups should take on monopolies by AndrewKemendo on Sunday March 03, 2024 @12:03AM (#39578552)
It’s not new though

Teddy Roosevelt was known for trust busting

The business plot was literally bankers trying to stage a coup on Washington because they hated FDR

https://connecticuthistory.org/gerald-macguire-and-the-plot-...

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Re:More startups should take on monopolies by toomuchtodo on Sunday March 03, 2024 @12:10AM (#39578586)
I don’t disagree! The only antidote is for the government to come out swinging with overwhelming force.
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Re:More startups should take on monopolies by hollerith on Sunday March 03, 2024 @12:12AM (#39578591)
Because that's never gone wrong.
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Re:More startups should take on monopolies by toomuchtodo on Sunday March 03, 2024 @12:15AM (#39578608)
No one else is going to stop them.
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Re:More startups should take on monopolies by fakedang on Sunday March 03, 2024 @01:21AM (#39578902)
Not going to happen when government congressmen have their savings stocked up in shares of these monopolies.
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