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Comment by Workaccount2

16 days ago

In the free market the monopoly buys out the competitors. No need for banning. Shareholders, the embodiment of greed, will just follow the money.

In a free market, there are monopolies, by definition.

If you're saying that capitalists will inevitably contort a free market to an unfree one, via whatever means (often mergers) then we agree.

IMO. a common misconception is that allowing all mergers is a "free market" policy when it is not