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by animal_spirits 700 days ago
And many times the sources of these monopolies come from special privileges given out by governmental authorities, such as the U.S. FDA
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Or even more basic government-enforced restrictions like IP laws. If you want a survival of the fittest anarchy economy then those won't exist either. Neither will legal protections against espionage or circumvention of whatever technical means you come up to try and get all that back.