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		monadic2 on June 5, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad te... Early markets were fueled by capital, not competition. Capital needs to be reigned in with these monopolies or we’ll just sprout more. Let’s not pretend like competitive markets are possible with the kind of capital needed to compete.

erichocean on June 5, 2020 [–]

> Let’s not pretend like competitive markets are possible with the kind of capital needed to compete.

The entire purpose of injecting capital in such large amounts is to prevent competition. That's literally the entire point.

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