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minus-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 months agoPeter 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.
minus-square@chonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink6•2 months agoPeter 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.
minus-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 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.
minus-square@chonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•2 months agoThe governor of California is way more powerful than the governor of Wyoming.
minus-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoCongressman 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.
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.
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.
But governors aren’t in it for simple numerical wealth. They’re in it for power.
The governor of California is way more powerful than the governor of Wyoming.
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.