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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•edit-24 months agoNobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoThat’s called “monopolistic competition”. They can’t sell the same phone they were already making.
minus-square@MaggotylinkEnglish1•4 months agoYes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•4 months agoPerhaps I should sell some without a license.
minus-square@MaggotylinkEnglish1•4 months agoOkay? The company will be the one to enforce their license.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-24 months agoBut that’s not criminal. That’s civil. That’s no different than a contract dispute. It’s not government enforced, but it may be government mediated. You could disobey a civil summons…but that’s a different issue.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•4 months agoCivil law created and enforced by the goverment is goverment sanctioned. And FYI it is also criminal, you can go to goverment-sanctioned private prison for it.
minus-square@MaggotylinkEnglish1•4 months agoJust stop. This is the same bad faith rabbit hole libertarians use to say the government is all violence, from safety codes to taxes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoFuck off, it is violence whether or not we believe it’s justified.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoLol, are you some sovereign citizen‽ The world doesn’t work like that. You can’t just say “No that thing isn’t your! I didn’t agree with it being yours.”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•4 months agoIndeed, that’s what makes it a goverment sanctioned monopoly.
Nobody else is allowed to sell these phones without licenses
But they can sell phones.
That’s called “monopolistic competition”. They can’t sell the same phone they were already making.
Yes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.
Perhaps I should sell some without a license.
Okay? The company will be the one to enforce their license.
I didn’t agree to their license.
But that’s not criminal. That’s civil. That’s no different than a contract dispute. It’s not government enforced, but it may be government mediated.
You could disobey a civil summons…but that’s a different issue.
Civil law created and enforced by the goverment is goverment sanctioned. And FYI it is also criminal, you can go to goverment-sanctioned private prison for it.
Just stop. This is the same bad faith rabbit hole libertarians use to say the government is all violence, from safety codes to taxes.
Fuck off, it is violence whether or not we believe it’s justified.
Lol, are you some sovereign citizen‽
The world doesn’t work like that. You can’t just say “No that thing isn’t your! I didn’t agree with it being yours.”
Indeed, that’s what makes it a goverment sanctioned monopoly.