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throwwwll 8 hours ago

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philipallstar 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Spoken like a true 120-year who trusts blindly everything he hears online from Rothbard

This ad hominem stuff is genuinely worthless.

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maybewhenthesun 8 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't think so. Because the theories about elastic markets and monopolies do have a high 'spherical frictionless cow` smell. And they are posed here as gospel. So while it might be a bit of an ad hominem to frame someone as a 120 year old it does succinctly point out a problem and hence adds information.

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philipallstar 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Things "having a smell" is not an argument, and they weren't posed as gospel.

I've yet to see anyone counter the basic points of that post, because they look pretty solid. Happy if you have a non-vibes based rebuttal.

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hypeatei 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> And they are posed here as gospel

The same could be said for people who suggest regulation for every problem that comes up, even for problems that were caused by regulation. Maybe we have our blindspots, but the "regulate everything" crowd is much louder and more prevalent on HN than the free market absolutists.

	▲	throwwwll 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Here's another ad-hominem (to another poster), cause you guys just cannot argue in good faith: Spoken like a true American who had long-forgotten nuance exists.

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Arkhaine_kupo 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean, has there any empirical evidence disproven any of those base assumptions?

In econ the easiest part is to create a model, the hardest part is seeing it crash against reality. But the basis of monopolies seems to be pretty thoroughly tested. The biggest issues you have now are Chesterton Fence's. Were its hard to know what laws and regulations are therefore safety, parity and economic performance and ones are only creating friction with no benefit due to years of laws being put on top of other laws

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throwwwll 8 hours ago | parent [-]

> where are the proofs

> I know "chesterton fence", I smart

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Arkhaine_kupo 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Went from nice to rude in no time.

4chan greentext style over substance is cute, but its outdated and wasnt that funny a decade ago

if you have nothing to add, then why reply?

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throwwwll 8 hours ago | parent [-]

I have never been nice, but I admit I have no better literary device to concisely express my sentiment towards your flawed position, to put it nicely.

I am pro-regulation, where regulation for me is busting monopolies, preventing tragedy of commons, setting necessary quality checks, forbidding forced labor. I am against regulation, when it's chat control, 100% tarrifs on whatever, forbidding working on Friday past 17:00 and completely on Weekends. < Why do I even have to point this out?

There's no nuance remaining in this world, people (the proselytizing nerd types) emotionally attach themselves to sophistry that is the spelled-out economic theories, while completely disregarding common sense. Missing forest for trees.

In short - fuck America.

	▲	Arkhaine_kupo 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> I have never been nice, first comment was both cheeky and had a "i agree" at the end. Those are both niceties. Not sure why I would have to explain tone from mild critique to being a wee cu nt in back to back messages > I am pro-regulation, where regulation for me is busting monopolies, preventing tragedy of commons, setting necessary quality checks, forbidding forced labor. I am against regulation What does any of this nonsense have anything to do with me replying to someone who had a basic question about the non existance of monopolies in unregulated markets? I explained the basic mechanisms for monopoly creation which are all easy math formulas that happen in bacteria growth too because "if nothing stops me I eat everything" is equally valid in any env where there is growth > There's no nuance remaining in this world coming from anti-intellectual "oh you know chesterton fence" responses is pretty ironic. Btw if you are going to call people out for using big words maybe dont come out with the most 17 year old "people arent as smart as me as they emotionally attach themselves to sophistry while I am a nuanced rational ubermench". It reeks of intellectual insecurity. i asked for empirical evidence against the mechanisms of monopoly creation because moats, regulation and inelastic markets are the most studied and reproducible mechanisms in anture, economics and any growth env. The formula just converges to infinity > In short - fuck America. its like 3am there, everyone here is asian and european rn... you are fighting windmills