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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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- UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
  
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  - chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    The governor of California is way more powerful than the governor of Wyoming.
    
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    UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
    
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