Comment on Anon becomes a shrimp farmer
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoThat’s expensive. My governor is an alfalfa farmer in a desert state where alfalfa is ~1% of GDP and >50% of water use, or something like that. He’s already a grifter, so getting my own grift approved is going to be expensive.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Just gotta cut him in on a share of the profits. He’ll be your best friend in that case!
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
But governors aren’t in it for simple numerical wealth. They’re in it for power.