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More procapitalist talk in want of evidence

Posted by: Samuel Day Fassbinder ( Citizens for Mustard Greens, USA ) on March 19, 1999 at 18:04:53:

In Reply to: Being born rich doesn't guarantee living rich posted by R. Jenkins on March 19, 1999 at 12:25:43:

: The only monopolies in history were the ones that were controled by the state. If a bussiness charges less for a product than anyone else can, thus achieving near monopoly power, who does that hurt?

Oh really! How was the old Rockefeller Standard Oil monopoly, the one that made 1907's anti-trust legislation famous, "controled (sic) by the state"? Evidence please.


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