Originally Posted by
Marcus_Ti
This is the way these things have always worked in the real world. So yes, it is.
The point is that abusing market power is the opposite of free market capitalism. Rent seeking by monopolies is anathema to capitalism. By definition Monopolists are not capitalists. They want to use their market power to avoid the workings of capitalism and free markets
The answer to abusive monopolies is enforcement of antitrust laws, not the elimination of free markets.
So the point would be better made “Damn Monopolists” not “Damn Capitalists”