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by RivieraKid 87 days ago
If existing capital starts to generate excessive profits, more capital will be built, which will require human labor and will make the original capital less valuable.
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In theory. In practice, the excessive capital of the incumbent allows them to price out or buy the budding competition, or the legislators, so as to protect their position.

The natural state of a capitalist system is the monopoly.