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by tlb 412 days ago
They are about as ethical as non-monopoly businesses. Which is to say that some are bad and most are OK.

I guess some people think all business is unethical, but for those people monopolies don't change the sign.

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> They are about as ethical as non-monopoly businesses.

No, my point/thesis is that, whatever non-monopolies can be, a monopoly is de-facto unethical.

If there is a legitimate reason that there's a monopolistic control over something, it then _has to_ become a public service, in the general interest.

And there is no actual existing monopoly today that could serve as a counter-example to that thesis.