Businessmen are not saints. They do everything to kill competition, everything. Otherwise competition kills their business. The most effective tactic is to use force. And force is used wherever possible even today. The European trading companies which colonised Asia, Africa, and America; were permitted by law to have "armies" to fight out rivals, locals, and pirates.
The Monstrosity That Is Regulatory State
The Monstrosity That Is Regulatory State
The Monstrosity That Is Regulatory State
Businessmen are not saints. They do everything to kill competition, everything. Otherwise competition kills their business. The most effective tactic is to use force. And force is used wherever possible even today. The European trading companies which colonised Asia, Africa, and America; were permitted by law to have "armies" to fight out rivals, locals, and pirates.