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vessenesyesterday at 10:44 PM2 repliesview on HN

I don't know if you're aware of this, but American markets are hyper competitive. I'd be extremely wary of any instinct to discount the skill level of any top-20 self-made billionaire industrialist, really anywhere in the world, but in the US at least, that skillset is likely heavily skewed toward business excellence.


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SimianSciyesterday at 10:55 PM

> self-made billionaire industrialist

We've reached levels of billionaire worship that would make any court jester of the 1400's blush

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afavouryesterday at 10:53 PM

> American markets are hyper competitive

Eh. Brand new markets, perhaps. But established markets in the US favor incumbents and encourage monopoly.

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