Mark what about the American Tabacco Company?
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Tell us about it, wal. Looks to me as though they were just a big company, not a monopoly. Still waiting to hear from George about this. He said:
I'm saying that there has never been a true monopoly that wasn't facilitated by a government, "good" or otherwise. Monopolies do not occur in the absence of regulations that prevent competition. I asked for an example, and he wanted to know my point.
Kind of like republicanism and liberalism go hand in hand.
I'm less pessimistic for our form of government and not ready to join the Legion of Doom over it.
Harris has had a terrible week. It appears the MSM is having buyer's remorse about her. First Lester Holt and then a reporter from Univision challenge her about the border. Not quite on the level of a Jim Acosta or Sam Donaldson of old, but this may result in her being rendered unelectable in 2024.
CNN: Biden Admin Officials "Quietly Perplexed" About Kamala Harris's Interview With Lester Holt | Video | RealClearPolitics
Kamala Harris snaps at Univision anchor while pressed on when she'''ll visit border: '''I'''m not finished''' | Fox News
Then, with all the despair over SCOTUS and the election challenges we get this:
Supreme Court unanimously rules against immigrants with temporary status
Not even the liberal justices got behind a dissent. It appears that perhaps any court packing schemes might require even more leftist justices than anticipated
Finally, the DNC knows it's in trouble in 2022. Their spokesguy diagnosed the why of their troubles, but he couldn't quite seem to make the leap to disavow the radicalism that is losing them not only non-white voters, but others as well.
Democrats Wait Too Long To Reach Black Voters, A Report Says : NPR
As bad as the current situation is, I can't help but remember when Carter was in office. Double digit inflation, Three Mile Island, and a foreign policy that gave us the rise of the terrorist Islamic state in Iran. To name just some of the more egregious things that happened during his term. Yet we got over him and his BS with two terms of Reagan.
This too shall pass.
Our friend, Tom Woods, on monopolies and robber barons:
The Robber Barons and the Progressive Era | Tom Woods - YouTube
Sorry Mark, I might have gone off half cocked here. I am freezing here at the moment while you folk have a monopoly on the sunshine and I just cannot get my head around your statement.
"I'm saying that there has never been a true monopoly that wasn't facilitated by a government, "good" or otherwise. Monopolies do not occur in the absence of regulations that prevent competition. I asked for an example, and he wanted to know my point."
Can you spell it out for me, the ATC I thought was a true "monopoly" according to the definition of the word, till anti trust laws broke it up in 1907.
When I was working for the Electrical Distribution Industry back in the 80's it was run by a bunch of small distributors (owned by the public) each of which had their own franchise area that covered the state, till the government stepped in and said there was no competition and consequently dissolved them all seizing the assets and formed about three big companies run by independent boards but under state control, this the government said was to bring in true competition for the price of energy to the consumer, however what they did not disclose to the general public was that they allowed foreign companies to buy our generating and distribution assets and thus removed the ownership from the public of which they originally belonged to and took the money they sold them for and put it into the state coffers. So the only true monopoly here were the state governments who took possession and controlled the supply of energy under the guise of competition policy. Is that what you mean?
On memorial day, I was driving up to my girlfriend's parents' place to enjoy some barbecue. On the way out of my town, I came upon three kids, one of whom was running around in the road with a rainbow flag. Naturally I slowed down to avoid hitting a child with my car. After she returned to her friends in the driveway, they waved their signs/flags and shouted at me very angrily. I had no idea what the hell they were saying. One of them had a sign with a weird angry face colored with rainbow stripes. I'm not sure what the point of this display was. It's not a good way to garner support for any cause.