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 Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan
I'm having trouble understanding this argument. First, I'm not sure what your saying with the collusion point in regards to businesses. If your saying that companies have the ability to take advantage of consumers through collusion, I honestly disagree. I understand that monopolies are a very well defined concept of economics and that I'm really going against the grain here. But lets say we have a company that is a total monopoly, like phone service and AT&T in the 80's (right?). Lets say instead of the government getting involved, people said fuck this, I'm not going to use my phone you tyrannical piece of shit. And lets say everyone in the country did this. AT&T would go out of business right? I'm not talking about the power of collusion here, I'm talking about collective consciousness, collective values. Why in God's name are you supporting a phone service that is not serving you well? Now if people go "wait wait, fuck this their taking advantage of me.
Not to come across like a complete asshole, but the reason monopolies are frowned upon is not because they violate perceived "desired values" but because of the massive inefficiency and waste they create by eliminating competition. Its along the same lines as your stealing dialogue earlier; if I have to worry about protecting myself from stealing, Im wasting resources i could use to develop more resources. If a monopoly exists and controls all pricing, then not only are you paying more for a good but the good usually is inferior to what it would have been had there not been a monopoly in the first place. There's a legitimate reason why anti-trust laws exist. Also, if im not mistaken, I believe the only reason Apple is still in business is because Microsoft was forced to "invest" in the company to sustain their "competition" with Apple.
Sorry for the random tangent,
Looking forward to further discussion
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