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Comment by joe_the_user

7 hours ago

Looks like a good article explaining some key concepts like natural monopoly.

And yeah, the US model is to tout free enterprise to the skies but then have the state give control of a given market to a single or a couple of monopolists.

The problem is the US has created a constituency of state-dependent small and large business people whose livelihood depends this contradictory free-enterprise ideology.

The ultimate irony being that these people are the most likely to vote against social safety nets. "No free lunches" and such.