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0 pointsVinnl7y ago0 comments

> Who cares? Antitrust doesn't exists to protect companies, it exists to protect consumers.

Is that not exactly what that example is about? I, as a consumer, will not be able to experience their super-cola.

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Again, who cares? Consumer protection isn't about letting you taste some weird cola. It is about price.

Read the Supreme Court's definition.

VinnlOP7y ago

But even then: if coca cola can prevent competitors from emerging, that removes downwards price pressure for them, so prices rise?

It isn't if the can, it is if they do.

And it doesn't seem like they do, there is plenty of competition in the non-alcoholic drink space.

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