Recent comments in /f/Connecticut

Sea-Rooster-846 t1_j9ao0z5 wrote

of course it does. he doubled our prices so he could get a bigger yacht. he's been jealous ever since his arch nemesis got a bigger one than his previous one. but he forgets, it ain't the size of the boat that matters, it's the motion of the ocean. and i hope the motion of the ocean sinks his precious yacht. 🌊💥🛥

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SKIPPY_IS_REAL t1_j9amzna wrote

Which is why we had a mixed market that specifically prevented monopolies... This is not because corporations are acting like they always have. This is because we elected leadership that were on the board of those corporations or are too lazy to explain complex economic concepts like oligopolies.

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Enginerdad t1_j9ajine wrote

Exactly. Free market capitalism requires two fundamental things to operate; valid competition and no coerced consumption. Both of these things are missing in utilities; there are no other distributors in the market, and people are effectively required to purchase electricity to survive and function at this point in history.

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