Comments by "TommyJ" (@ImperiumLibertas) on "Louis Rossmann" channel.

I was going to buy a printer relatively soon. Glad they could show their true colors so I can avoid giving them my money.
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 @dunk7073 yeah because it's capitalisms fault right. How's your state built printer doing for you?
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Put that on a sticker please
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 @LittleLily_ they use the same tech to limit the brand of ink you can use in your traditional printer. Its a form of physical drm.
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@triparadox.c in perfect capitalism there is sufficient competition to drag prices down to market equilibrium. The only time a monopoly can happen is when regulation prevents competition. Even when monopolies form in unregulated capitalism (which doesn't exist at a large scale) they are quickly met with competition because there is money left on the table for competitors to capitialize on. The natural state of capitalism isn't a bunch of mega corps that own everything. You mostly see that in places with strong market controls like Korea and China and in some industries of the US. This is fundamental economics. None of this is even controversial.
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@Scorialimit you're talking about Standard Oil and Rockefellers business practices were illegal. He used his monopoly position to buy out smaller kerosene companies to prevent him from having to lower prices. That is by definition anti- competitive. The US eventually ordered his company to be broken up into 34 independent companies. In law you're allowed to be a monopoly and even enjoy monopoly pricing but you are not allowed to use your market position to suppress your competition.
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@kistnj graphene or lineage os fixes that mostly
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@jonathanedwardgibson you're wrong my dude. Nothing is stopping them from abusing this power. Its not your phone to go through PERIOD. It is the private property of the owner. This is an unwarranted search of a persons private property. Regardless of the efficacy of this measure (which will only catch the most negligent pedophiles) it doesn't make it right.
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@OddWoz go read a book that isn't Das Kapital
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It's even worse when the parents, like my own, do not see how yelling is emotionally corrosive. At the point when my parents start yelling, I have to just ignore them because I will not allow them to try to express their point to me with such disrespect and disorder. Sad I have to say that about my own parents.
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My work Mac (I hate it) has a crack exactly in the same spot.
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I was going to buy a Tesla but once I read this same message on another video I couldn't help but feel disinterested in choosing a product that expects the user to adapt to the product instead of customizing the product around the customer. Additionally, I cannot stand the unnecessary anti right to repair attitude Tesla has.
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Funny enough after that expose was released McDonald's icecream machines started working more consistently 🙃
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@2m7b5 it's in the best interest of companies to provide a more attractive product than their competitors at a better price. This is true unless there is a monopoly or backroom collusion against the consumer which can only happen in a consolidated market. Price fixing is not capitalism and is an anti competitive and already illegal practice. There is no lack of regulation here.
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@dunk7073 the healthcare system? You mean the most heavily regulated industry in the United States? It's total garbage. Still better than the NHS or any other nationalized health service.
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@bigdawg3683 the perfect market is an economic term that refers to a state where the businesses within a market are indistinguishable from one another. The result is sellers sell their goods at or near cost because increasing prices any higher would result in the competition offering the same product as a lesser price. It is also the state where the consumer has the most choice and freedom since if one company does wrong by them they can easily find another. Perfect markets do exist. The food industry is the traditional example but most of the market is near perfect. Markets ebb and flow between monopolies and perfect market state through innovation. The idea is that monopolies don't exist for long periods in a truly free market because they by their nature rely on monopolistic pricing to sustain themselves. Once sufficient competition matches their product they lose their monopoly status because the consumers have choice. I recommend reading Thomas Sowells Basic Economics book or watching videos that cover the topics within it. There's so much more to it that what I've laid out but I only have so much time.
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"Freaking" apple procucts! Steve jobs would be proud. It's disgusting Apple has become such a terrible company.
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When my tax money goes to funding the FBI who wants me dead and global war you bet I avoid taxes whenever possible.
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The people who thought lockdowns would work when the entire world relys on global supply chain infrastructure to sustain itself are idiots and should have no say in any policy making. And as far as the vaccine goes, Israel the most vaccinated country in the world is on their third round of vaccines and are still overwhelmed by covid cases. The vaccine doesn't stop the spread of covid it only lessens the harshness of the symptoms. I'm also sick of people who rely on near meaningly terms like "pandemic" or "healthcare system" as if speaking to some ambiguous entity. Most of the time they are referring to symptoms or specific outcomes but refuse to actually addresses anything specific in any meaningful way. If anything this past two years has proven that it is those who know little and think they know a lot that are the problem especially when they are in positions of power. At the very least those who are capable of humility won't try to impose their will upon you by force. The same can't be said about the pro mandate crowd.
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I'm sorry you live in a state and city where you aren't allowed to defend yourself properly. You should try to arm yourself. People like this are a serious threat. Look at the Bjork stalker. Also make sure you contact the police even if nothing illegal happens. They need to have a paper trail in case this situation continues.
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