Imagine if companies really had to compete to offer the best products like capitalist apologists preach?

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[–] 15 points 8 months ago (1 child)

You can't have that percentage be higher than 20%, & have it work right.

50% & you've already reduced that market-segment to a 2-horse race or monopoly.

You have to prevent that, XOR you're creating a national-dependency on "too big to fail" corporation, which is certain, sooner or later, to become a national footgun.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago*

    Agree that a maximum of 20-25% market share (so a 4 or 5 horse race) makes it a more fair fight, admittedly on nothing but vibes and experience. And markets without the competition require any majority holder to help competitors gain a foothold and create the competition. This would minimise desire to create monopolies as they would be forced into breaking them.

    I know in practice this would never happen but I'm talking hypotheticals here.

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