Comment by pocksuppet

2 months ago

Those are load-bearing quotation marks: you're saying the regulation doesn't hurt them, only "hurts" them. If the regulation hurt them, they wouldn't allow it.

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brigandish  2 months ago

You're proposing a binary version of "hurt", they are proposing a spectrum. If a regulation hurts company A but it will survive whereas company B, A's main and essentially only competitor stopping A from a monopoly, will go out of business from that regulation, you know that company A won't fight it.

  • pocksuppet  2 months ago

    Then it doesn't hurt company A. It helps company A. They have more money with the regulation than without.

    • brigandish  2 months ago

      If I participate in a boxing match can I:

      a) be hurt

      b) win

      Consider whether this is a binary or a multiple choice question (and even whether any choices need be made).