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Re:Ron Paul’s Farewell Address: The Internet Can Stop Big Go... by Steko on Saturday November 17, 2012 @06:08AM (#4797837)
Are you claiming that no one has ever possessed a local monopoly on a resource that produced negative consumer effects? Pretty laughable claim and clearly false on hundreds of thousands of counts. Or are you ready to turn your back on basic property rights as an evil cooked up by the big bad gubmint?
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Re:Ron Paul’s Farewell Address: The Internet Can Stop Big Go... by CamperBob2 on Saturday November 17, 2012 @04:31PM (#4799057)
Are you claiming that no one has ever possessed a local monopoly on a resource that produced negative consumer effects?

Such monopolies either (a) aren't really monopolies, despite people whining that they are; (b) don't last; or (c) have to be backed with collective force of some sort.

Pretty laughable claim and clearly false on hundreds of thousands of counts.

Then I'm sure you'll have no problem naming a few, in between the guffaws.

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