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Matthew Merkovich :clippy:

@hosford42 Thanks, Robert Bork. 😑 (Among many others, but particularly him.)

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Aaron

@MattMerk What, specifically, did he contribute to this awful endgame? Not arguing. I just don't know enough about that historical period to get what you're referring to.

Matthew Merkovich :clippy:

@hosford42 β€œβ€¦ an influential antitrust scholar, arguing that consumers often benefited from corporate mergers and that antitrust law should focus on consumer welfare rather than on ensuring competition.”

He’s specifically why antitrust laws we have on the books have been hamstrung in the judiciary, and why corporate mergers have become monopolistic, monolithic, predatory, monsters.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B

TCatLikesReality

@MattMerk @hosford42
Yep. It's a wonder the public fell for the insane argument that oligarchies are OK, so long as they keep prices low. Just ignore the damage to workers/suppliers/consumers/planet.

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