#monopoly

If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism, we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

#definition #give #imperialism #monopoly #necessary

When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#competition #each #frequency #government #handful

When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and Chicago, it was picking the winners of the competition; it wasn't setting the terms of the competition. ↗

— Robert McChesney

#chicago #companies #competition #francisco #frequencies

The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's the only force I know that is fairly reliable. ↗

— John Perry Barlow

#either #fairly #force #good #government

Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#also #benign #choice #condescending #countries