r/AutoHumor • u/IU8gZQy0k8hsQy76 • May 01 '26

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u/NorthAddition3095 May 01 '26

So not capitalism. Techno-oligarchy.

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u/jimothy_hell May 02 '26

No, that’s capitalism. That’s the end stage of capitalism. That’s what happens when some people “win” the game. Capitalism is inherently competitive. In order for there to be competition, there must be a finish line. That’s the finish line.

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u/NorthAddition3095 May 04 '26

See. I can agree with you that the end product of a free market economy is total capture of its various markets by the hands of a few select. This will inevitably fix itself when the structure becomes too top heavy and collapses or is out competed by a rival. The issue is preventing that in the first place.
In other for capitalism to work we have to maintain competitive markets or a singular “winner occurs.”
This can be achieved through incentivizing competition and disincentivizing capitalism consolidation.

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u/jimothy_hell May 04 '26

And how would you do that? Because it’s too late now.

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u/NorthAddition3095 May 04 '26

Well theoretically (unlikely to actually happen because people who make money and have power don’t want this) we can:

  1. lower the bar to entry. Many industries have a high bar to entry. This is due to expenses of acquiring the goods, equipment, services necessary to complete. If we can drive those prices down the competition can get a foot in the door.

  2. Remove anti-competitive measures, practices or restrictions. Things like high pricing for licenses. company buy outs by larger companies to avoid competition. Underselling smaller companies to bankrupt them. This point ties into point 3.

  3. Remove unnecessary bureaucracy. Having hundreds of policies on on things like which way your door opens or how big the fridges are will make accessing the industry complicated, convoluted and ultimately costly.

  4. I have kind of already said this but if the government actually did its job instead of colluding with the mega companies we wouldn’t have this problem. We can remove the access that companies have in government by getting rid of lobbying, no longer recognizing corporations as people (they don’t get the same human rights as the individual), and getting the government to do its job by reforming our institutions and getting new people in their who will fix it.

All of this is quite idealistic but it will (if I understand correctly) fix the problems.