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Re:Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries by e40 on Thursday April 24, 2014 @04:43PM (#7642844)
Does anyone, anywhere believe a "truly fair free market" is anything but an ideal that could never exist? We'll find unicorns first.
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Re:Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries by cookiecaper on Thursday April 24, 2014 @06:22PM (#7643478)
I don't think "truly fair" necessarily implies "perfect".
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Re:Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries by e40 on Thursday April 24, 2014 @07:23PM (#7643757)
"Truly fair" implies that regulation would not be needed, and that is only something that would happen in an ideal world.
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Re:Amazon, in Threat to UPS, Tries Its Own Deliveries by cookiecaper on Friday April 25, 2014 @04:09AM (#7645265)
Why does it imply regulation would not be needed? It's truly fair because appropriate regulations are in place and inappropriate regulations are not. There may still be minor flaws, but once a certain fidelity is reached, I think "truly fair" is an apropos descriptor of a system even if it isn't 100% perfect.
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