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by Wingman4l7 4707 days ago
Things like regulatory capture make it hard for small players to get started in entrenched industries. Some examples: telecommunications (getting leases on existing pipes to sell your services), meat processing (look at the regs that small producers like Polyface Farms have to comply with), car manufacturing (look at the opposition Tesla is facing trying to sell direct to the consumer) -- and yes, banking.