So it’s only after you are a certain size that the government can take control over a private corporation? I thought conservatives were against “socialism”?
> So it’s only after you are a certain size that the government
We have all sorts of laws that only apply to large companies yes.
For example, a random example would be anti-trust laws. Literally they only start applying if you have a large enough effect on the market.
It is an established precedent in many parts of the law.
And similarly, common carrier laws haven't been that controversial. Parties from all sides of the political spectrum support our existing common carrier laws.
So Twitter of all things are a monopoly? Truth Social is proof that anyone can build a social network platform. It being a failure is an example of the free market at work.
Landline phones and the internet infrastructure and the cell network are all examples of natural monopolies, a website is not a natural monopoly.
This isn't actually true, in the US anti-trust laws don't take into account company size at all. A small company can engage in anti-competitive practices, and a monopoly isn't inherently in violation of anti-trust laws.
There are laws that only apply if a company has enough employees, and tax stuff that applies only above certain revenue, but I'm not actually aware of any other regulations that apply if a company has too many customers.
> in the US anti-trust laws don't take into account company size at all.
It takes into account market power.
> and a monopoly isn't inherently in violation of anti-trust laws.
Good thing that I didn't say that every single monopoly, ever, is in violation of anti-trust law then.
> A small company can engage in anti-competitive practices
It can, yes. But the law is much more likely to make these practices illegal if the company has a large amount of market power.
So yes, the more market power, or larger influence, that a company has, the more likely that some, but not all, laws will apply to them and regulate their behavior.
Some laws DO "only" apply if a company has a large enough market power, yes.
The point of the statement, is the general concept of a company being "large", having an effect on if the law applies or not.
> That's what I thought.
Actually, my previous statement is correct, you just mis-interpreted it. Because I was referring to this general concept of a company being large, and how some laws include this factor as a metric that is relevant to if the law applies.
So I was correct the entire time, you just made up a different idea to attack because you were not able to understand what I was saying.
