[bootlegga]

Proculation wrote:

Instead of totally abolish it, they can at least let the people sell their grains to who they want. Every monopoly is evil, private or public.

Public monopolies aren't anywhere near as bad as private ones, simply because the government tends to legislate the hell out of them and try to ensure everyone gets roughly the same treatment. I have no problem with public monopolies on essential services like power, water and electricity, as Enron-like rip-offs are far less likely to occur.

[Robair]

Proculation wrote:

I don't want to refute anything. I'm just expressing my opinion. Having a collective (or more) and other players would be best IMO.

I'm just pointing out how ill informed and uneducated your opinion is.

No offence, it is what it is.

[Proculation]

bootlegga wrote:

Proculation wrote:

Instead of totally abolish it, they can at least let the people sell their grains to who they want. Every monopoly is evil, private or public.

Public monopolies aren't anywhere near as bad as private ones, simply because the government tends to legislate the hell out of them and try to ensure everyone gets roughly the same treatment. I have no problem with public monopolies on essential services like power, water and electricity, as Enron-like rip-offs are far less likely to occur.

Less bad of bad is still bad !

[hurley_108]

bootlegga wrote:

Proculation wrote:

Instead of totally abolish it, they can at least let the people sell their grains to who they want. Every monopoly is evil, private or public.

Public monopolies aren't anywhere near as bad as private ones, simply because the government tends to legislate the hell out of them and try to ensure everyone gets roughly the same treatment. I have no problem with public monopolies on essential services like power, water and electricity, as Enron-like rip-offs are far less likely to occur.

It's not the rip-offs that worry me about handing over essential services to the invisible hand, it's the quality of service. When profit, not service, becomes the motive, the one will benefit at the expense of the other.

[Proculation]

hurley_108 wrote:

bootlegga wrote:

Proculation wrote:

Instead of totally abolish it, they can at least let the people sell their grains to who they want. Every monopoly is evil, private or public.

Public monopolies aren't anywhere near as bad as private ones, simply because the government tends to legislate the hell out of them and try to ensure everyone gets roughly the same treatment. I have no problem with public monopolies on essential services like power, water and electricity, as Enron-like rip-offs are far less likely to occur.

It's not the rip-offs that worry me about handing over essential services to the invisible hand, it's the quality of service. When profit, not service, becomes the motive, the one will benefit at the expense of the other.

That's totally untrue. The 'invisible hand' is proven to be true. That's a very common mistake to think of economy as a zero sum game.