no explanation needed, just look at medieval history where guilds had de facto monopolies on certain services or manufacturing and if you wanted to be independent... tough luck.
> where guilds had de facto monopolies on certain services or manufacturing and if you wanted to be independent... tough luck
This conflates too many historical threads to support the hypothesis. The guild era was one where most countries required official consent to start a business of any kind. That's how the guilds enforced their monopoly.
This conflates too many historical threads to support the hypothesis. The guild era was one where most countries required official consent to start a business of any kind. That's how the guilds enforced their monopoly.