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No, since France and Germany are not businesses, they are governments of two countries.


France and Germany are sovereign states, not businesses.


They claim to provide jobs, like any business. As for Libra, it's close to competition with "money," and they are restraining Libra from competing in the money business that the two countries are engaged in.


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Think this is less about liberalism (it doesn't argue for government to be run like a business) and more about US-inspired thinking where businesses are better than governments.


Which, to be clear, is an idea that I detest.

But governments do hate competition.


This isn’t as insightful as you think. You’re tautologically describing the notion of sovereignty. Sovereignty is supreme power. Of course it abhors “competition.”


Not arguing with the statement, but note to you: he said "libertarianism", not "liberalism". The two are obviously very different.


Thank you, I did misread that part.


Libertarianism is not the same thing as liberalism (classical nor modern).




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