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> Authoritarianism is bad for business

But it's also good for business when the business's owner belongs to a ruling clique or is very close to it or, at least, always cooperates with it.




Sure, a monopoly is a great business... everybody wants to be the owner of that.

The problem is... what if you are not? Even worse, what if this monopoly business is a crucial supplier for other businesses?

Now these government guys can extract all the profits from their clients because there is no other choice.




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