Comment on Intel CPU Temperature Monitoring Driver For Linux Now Unmaintained After Layoffs
Mniot@programming.dev 2 months agoIn an unfettered marketplace, what stops a dominant player from introducing fetters?
Comment on Intel CPU Temperature Monitoring Driver For Linux Now Unmaintained After Layoffs
Mniot@programming.dev 2 months agoIn an unfettered marketplace, what stops a dominant player from introducing fetters?
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Competition.
Without force, how can they stop a small player from offering a competitive option?
Mniot@programming.dev 2 months ago
Whoah, whoah. Why’d you rule that out?
Your business plan: quality goods at reasonable prices. My business plan: hire some goons to kill you and take your stuff.
Historically, this has a lot of precedence.
HiTekRedNek@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Because I’m not an anarchist. There is a role for government in maintaining its monopoly on the use of force.
But nothing else.
Mniot@programming.dev 2 months ago
OK, cool. That definitely helps things.
I think where we’re disagreeing is that I think in a capitalist society the promise of money will inevitably corrupt the government (because it’s made of people). Maybe it can be avoided if the government performs additional regulatory action to stop anyone from getting too wealthy, but that sounds like beyond the limits that you want to set for government.