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Comment by malfist

1 month ago

Anticompetitive behavior is completely within lines for capitalism. Survival of the fittest and efficient marketplace and all that.

Besides, what's the other option, rent seeking is socialism? A barter system?

> Survival of the fittest and efficient marketplace

Rent seeking is an Econ 101 example of market inefficiency.

> what's the other option, rent seeking is socialism?

Rent seeking is rent seeking. It is a form of corruption, via regulatory capture. It is a way in which any political system can fail, not limited to an ideology like "socialism" or "capitalism".