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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026

Up until then, the purpose of competition enforcement was to reduce corporate power, with the understanding that once a corporation became more powerful than the government, it would be impossible to force it to follow *any* rules: pluralistic.net/2022/02/20/w...

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026

But for the "Chicago Boys," monopolies were evidence of *efficiency*. When you encounter a company with a commanding market share, your first assumption should be that it has taken over its sector by being better than anyone else - you should not assume that the company cheated its way to glory.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026

After all, if a company with a large market share was cheating - say, if it was increasing its profit margins by reducing quality or jacking up prices - then smaller companies would rush into the market to poach its dissatisfied customers.

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