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worik 5 hours ago

Unsurprising

Did Amazon think they were too big to convict?

I wonder if they will meet the fate of Standard Oil, back in the day.

fmajid 4 hours ago | parent [-]

No, Antitrust law was effectively neutered by the Chicago School and their agent Robert Bork.

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/robert-borks-america...

(BTW that source is right-wing and can hardly be said to be biased against Bork).

vondur 3 hours ago | parent [-]

That's fascinating. Bork was denied being on the supreme court but his ideas shaped current antitrust laws. It feels a bit like the old Standard Oil argument: It's ok to have a huge market share so long as pricing for goods gets cheaper even if it hurts competition overall. *edited* for grammar.