▲ 1539 ▼ Deregulation will surely help the housing crisis 🤡 (lemmy.ml) submitted 2 years ago* by Grayox@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 232 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] deafboy@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago (1 child) They are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Micromot@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Explain permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] weastie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Well, I wouldn't go as far as to say that a natural monopoly doesn't exist, but I think it's pretty clear that big companies have a lot of influence on the government, and typically can lobby the government to pass policies that benefit them, and make it harder for competition. And I think there's an argument to be made that if the government were less powerful, then there would be less potential harm done when a corporation is able to influence the government. I'm personally torn on this, because on one hand I think the government can be a useful tool in preventing monopolies, but on the other hand, I think expecting the government to not always work in favor of big companies seems naive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Micromot@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Explain permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] weastie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Well, I wouldn't go as far as to say that a natural monopoly doesn't exist, but I think it's pretty clear that big companies have a lot of influence on the government, and typically can lobby the government to pass policies that benefit them, and make it harder for competition. And I think there's an argument to be made that if the government were less powerful, then there would be less potential harm done when a corporation is able to influence the government. I'm personally torn on this, because on one hand I think the government can be a useful tool in preventing monopolies, but on the other hand, I think expecting the government to not always work in favor of big companies seems naive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] weastie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Well, I wouldn't go as far as to say that a natural monopoly doesn't exist, but I think it's pretty clear that big companies have a lot of influence on the government, and typically can lobby the government to pass policies that benefit them, and make it harder for competition. And I think there's an argument to be made that if the government were less powerful, then there would be less potential harm done when a corporation is able to influence the government. I'm personally torn on this, because on one hand I think the government can be a useful tool in preventing monopolies, but on the other hand, I think expecting the government to not always work in favor of big companies seems naive. permalink fedilink source parent