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    • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      62 months ago

      Peter Thiel’s “Zero to One” teaches that the best business is an iron-fisted monopoly.

      Far from cutting you in, the governor is more likely to break your kneecaps and burn down your nascent storefront.

      • @chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world
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        62 months ago

        Peter Thiel may have been successful in business but he’s no economist. For a government official like the governor, there’s way more wealth to be gained by encouraging competition than suppressing it.

        • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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          32 months ago

          there’s way more wealth to be gained by encouraging competition

          But governors aren’t in it for simple numerical wealth. They’re in it for power.

            • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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              12 months ago

              Congressman Dick Cheney had significantly more clout than anyone in the California delegation.

              There’s a reason Harris doesn’t the last weeks of her campaign with Liz Cheney rather than Christine Pelosi.