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

  • Paragone@piefed.social
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    9 hours ago

    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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    • Mantzy81@aussie.zone
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      8 hours 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.