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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Peter Thiel’s “Zero to One” teaches that the best business is an iron-fisted monopoly.

    Far from cutting you in, the governor is more likely to break your kneecaps and burn down your nascent storefront.

    • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Peter Thiel may have been successful in business but he’s no economist. For a government official like the governor, there’s way more wealth to be gained by encouraging competition than suppressing it.

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        2 months ago

        there’s way more wealth to be gained by encouraging competition

        But governors aren’t in it for simple numerical wealth. They’re in it for power.