Comment on Mark Zuckerberg personally lost the Facebook antitrust caseparentComments−tlb1yThey are about as ethical as non-monopoly businesses. Which is to say that some are bad and most are OK.I guess some people think all business is unethical, but for those people monopolies don't change the sign.−Juliate1yThey are about as ethical as non-monopoly businesses.No, my point/thesis is that, whatever non-monopolies can be, a monopoly is de-facto unethical.If there is a legitimate reason that there's a monopolistic control over something, it then _has to_ become a public service, in the general interest.And there is no actual existing monopoly today that could serve as a counter-example to that thesis.
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They are about as ethical as non-monopoly businesses. Which is to say that some are bad and most are OK.
I guess some people think all business is unethical, but for those people monopolies don't change the sign.
No, my point/thesis is that, whatever non-monopolies can be, a monopoly is de-facto unethical.
If there is a legitimate reason that there's a monopolistic control over something, it then _has to_ become a public service, in the general interest.
And there is no actual existing monopoly today that could serve as a counter-example to that thesis.