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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 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.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 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 2 months ago
But governors aren’t in it for simple numerical wealth. They’re in it for power.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The governor of California is way more powerful than the governor of Wyoming.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 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.