04-09-2005, 09:23 AM
Quote:Rockefeller? Possibly Carnegie? Maybe one of the railroad tycoon owners?You're slightly off in the time period; it's Morgan, the broker. Just because a monopoly doesn't raise prices, doesn't mean that it can't. Do you know how much a Microsoft Office package costs? Keep in mind, you can only have one per computer due to license shit. Anyway, it's still too much power, and there are other ways to abuse it.
Any monoplies generally don't raise prices, follow the direction of the consumer, and don't last long. Read my Rockefeller example.
Quote:Actually in terms of overall human good capitalism doesn't work at all. Too authoritarianIf you want to help, then help, but don't be some complete anti-capitalist hippie bullshit spewer. Capitalism is necessary to keep humanity motivated, but just as humans need laws to keep them from killing and raping whoever they please, so does capitalism.
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