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