Mises Caucus: “The LP needs to be edgy and radical in order to spread the message and draw people in.” Also Mises Caucus: “We need to ban any voice we’re afraid might not be radical enough … to draw people in…?”

Your facile comment is actually the one arguing semantics of US Gov’t in response to a meme about basic theory. Not ban-worthy, of course, even by their rules, but /Libertarian is earning a very non-libertarian reputation. Most libertarians don’t approve of the Mises Caucus’s behavior. I’d recommend r/AskLibertarians , r/AnCap101 , or r/Anarcho_Capitalism (though it is a bit shitposty and currently being brigaded by Republicans lying to themselves)

Leave some straw for the cattle, my man.

You’re very misguided, but no reason to censor you or bar you from engaging with people who can correct you.

Not to mention Standard Oil was losing market share—down to 60%—well before it was broken up. Analysis of their practices have shown they weren’t price gouging or gatekeeping to undermine competitors. And even economic theory shows that the returns for creating a monopoly by price gouging competition or over-charging competition to use your rails are less than simply competing fairly and charging market rates.