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Comment by javert

It seems anti-competitive that exchanges can be private at all

"Anti-competitive" is a false (i.e. nonsensical) concept. I mean, if I am a really good golf player, and I just keep getting more and more competitive, do I suddenly cross a bright red line that makes me "anti-competitive" because I'm just too competitive?

It's just a made-up term used to attack business that lots of people have unknowingly bought into.

If it were to actually mean something, it would mean using the government to grant a monopoly. That's the opposite of any kind of private business where two or more parties are voluntarily agreeing to trade. Like, for example, a private exchange.

parent javert 14 years ago

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