There is no such thing as a free markets monopoly. They cannot utility franchising, regulations, legal concerns, taxing, contracts, bidding, and of course copyright and parents are mostly why they exist.
And even with the help of government, monopolies cannot and do not last.
Look at the largest companiesand monopololies in 1950, 1970, 1990, 2010, and today. Many of them are not even shells of their former selves today if they even exist, or gobbled up by another.
Of the 15 largest companies today, only 2 even existed in 1950, and one is government owned(Saudi aramco), and the other relies heavily on government protections.(Eli Lilly).
The trade balance is a lie. We export dollars to the world. It is hush hush, but it is by design. For a reason.... It keeps the fiat printer enabled.
Someone is forcing you to buy a product? In what world? I don't follow.
Nobody buys a product they don't get value from.
Monopolies don't exist in free markets. They can only exists due to government. Arguing for more government intervention in trade and this nonsense will form new monopolies as only they will be
Currently, in the global marketplace I can go to China(or Alibaba), make connections, have something manufactured, and sell it on Amazon.
If I make a product people want at a price that is fair, they will buy it.
This cannot happen with 140% tariffs, asost margins are nowhere near this for small sellers. All they will happen is encourage larger players with large legal and trade teams, linguistic translators to go in and fill the void by skirting rules, moving to Cambodia, etc.. the government just forced the small American business to fail and allowed a new monopoly to fill the void
That doesn't mean anything.
CO2? Pollutants? What are you referring to?
"Bro, it is amazing, Trump is playing 5D chess. 4D is for Democrats"
Who is losing in commerce and trade? Not the consumer. Not the retailer, not the wholesaler/importer/exporter. Not the manufacturer
If someone feels they are osing, then they don't have to participate.
Because interjecting into people's commerce and trade always leads to encouraging this type of government interruption and stoppage. You are on essence trying to change another's buying habits and wanting the governments help in this.
I will always push back on this dangerous ideal.
Allowing people to freely for what they wish trade harms nobody and in fact helps.
Yes, governments are screwing around with mutually beneficial trade between 2 parties. Trade is alwaysutually beneficial or it isn't done.
It's not just plastic toys. It's ASIC Bitcoin miners, it is chips, servers, ships, cars, lithium, batteries, paper, ink, electricity, energy, raspberry pi and esp32 devices that are changing the world, meshtastic mesh networking devices, ham radio equipment, and on and on....
Oh, because I don't believe that humans are able to kill the planet in any way.
Why is it any of my business what people want to buy and consume? If someone wants to buy little trinkets from Amazon or Walmart which comes from China, that's a win win. The consumer gets a product, Walmart(or the local seller) takes a cut, and a company in China gets an order. Win, win, win.
Dude is a 10yo basement dweller they doesn't understand most businesses operate in public and have legal requirements.
Bro doesn't seem to understand that there are millions of small businesses who as aren't just selling drugs online or whatever his idea of 'freedom' is.
Clearly doesn't understand that employees count of their paycheck and business following the law so they have a paycheck next week, month, year.
I have no idea what the hell you are talking about. This wasn't my thread, rather jb55.
I run a business with real people that rely on their income. In the real world there are massive rules about who can be a freelancer and who cannot.
In the real world, a normal employee wants to be W2 and have it handled for them, not keep track of their own taxes.
I have no idea what this has to do with freedom and being a maxi.
Again, get a fucking display name. It takes 2 seconds. Using only your npub is obnoxious.
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Awww, happy 10th birthday!
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Get a display name douchebag.
My mistake! I thought it hadnt cleared the Senate yet. I can't read....
Nah. He made an executive order. BIG difference.
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Buy why? It costs me $150 to run payroll and they assume all the risks, processing, paying taxes, filing with the IRS, handling deductions, child support, etc...
I think perhaps if you were doing payroll for 50-100 workers with strict regulations you may understand payroll companies value.
I have 45+ employees. Employees who are not freelancers. There are no invoices. There are clocked hours, per piece delivery payees, salaries, overtime, bonuses, commissions, huge 941Q payroll taxes, medical of which cannot or at least shouldn't be computed by the employer.
This is why payroll companies exist.