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Rogueish1 t1_j8olail wrote

Reply to comment by garlicroastedpotato in 11 states consider 'right to repair' for farming equipment by Ranew

Here's the issue with this.. monopolies, as with bribery, are illegal in the great USA

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garlicroastedpotato t1_j8oozmj wrote

It's not a pure monopoly. It's more like how Google has a monopoly on web searches... but then there's still Bing.

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dungone t1_j8putv6 wrote

The Chicago School of conservative richonomics really perverted everyone’s concept of what a monopoly is. Monopolies used to be understood as any anti-competitive trusts or practices against any of the stakeholders who were in a position of not having another choice. Whether the workers, customers, shareholders, etc. Right-wing propaganda changed this around to require a company to have 100% market share.

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