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A cage with windows and doors is not much of a cage.



After the revolution you no longer need those who made the transition happen.

Like there is no more use for communist revolutionaries after victory.

Independent repair men are useful while you conquer the tractor market.

Software shops can iterate over designs while you charge them rent, then you take the popular features and make them part of your platform using superior api's specially intended for it. You cant not update the platform or not notice the popular 3rd party tools.

Is this capitalism? Is this how competition should work? You have to fight the undefeated champion 10 000 times your size, but to keep things honest we tie both your arms behind your back?

There is no future for programmers here. There is no need to progress beyond owning everything. If there are 2 or 3 owners doesn't really matter.

One will have to wait forever for the thing that should logically come after x84 it doesn't make sense to manufacture electric cars.

Governments have a monopoly on rent. It's all locked down, there is no competing with them, not even for Apple.

There are plenty of other planets if you don't like the EU. Infinite doors and windows.




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