Comment by miltonlost
3 hours ago
How is going back to a policy that used to work "vague and unactionable"? It literally had been actionable.
3 hours ago
How is going back to a policy that used to work "vague and unactionable"? It literally had been actionable.
It did not work though. Bell and Standard Oil are notable examples. What else?
> It did not work though. Bell and Standard Oil are notable examples. What else?
That's pretty unfair. IIRC, Standard Oil was on of the companies that was the impetus for antitrust law (and broken up by it), and AT&T was broken up (famously) in the 80s.
Basically, your "argument" is a troll or a deep and basic misunderstanding. Especially in the case of Standard Oil. You're basically saying the law doesn't work because it didn't work before it existed (Standard Oil became dominant in the 1870s or 1880s and the Sherman Antitrust act wasn't passed until 1890).
They were LITERALLY BROKEN UP due to anti-trust policies. You are a troll. There's nothing left to say. Bye.
How are you allowed to continue to post every 2 seconds? dang
> Companies can be bought and sold but not if it creates concentrations of economic power that allow them to dictate prices to vendors or customers.
The policy in question (as stated) should have prevented Ma Bell and Standard Oil from getting to the point of being broken up.
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