In the feudal society of China, there used to be a monopoly market, which was officially called "Que". In this market, tea, iron, salt and other products are monopolized by the government, because huge profits can be made through the trading of these things. This is one of the main income sources of the government, and it is also one of the reasons why the government suppresses businessmen's business-because businessmen and the government have formed a competitive relationship, and the government, as a monopolist, naturally wants to eliminate competitors. As the saying goes, two tigers are not allowed in one mountain.
In capitalist economy, the principle of free trade was formed during the first industrial revolution, but it was quickly replaced by monopoly during the second industrial revolution.
In the first industrial revolution, productivity developed rapidly, and the growth rate of industrial output and demand basically adapted. At this time, free competition and free trade were formed. Anyway, there will always be a market, so I will continue to produce.
However, during the second job, the productive forces further developed, but the capitalists still maintained their original production concepts. At this time, the output of industrial products is far higher than its demand, so there has been a large number of goods hoarding and vicious competition among enterprises. Everyone wants to sell their own things, and as a result, everyone can't sell their own things well. Just when the market was in chaos, various bosses came forward one after another. With a wave of his hand, monopoly organizations have mushroomed. Small businesses from all walks of life have been swallowed up by them, or attached to their wings, listening to the instructions of the bosses with trepidation-oh, only geometric geometry can be produced this season ... our family's things are only allowed to sell geometric geometry ... Some disobedient people are immediately killed by the bosses with their little fingers.
In a way, this is not necessarily a bad thing. Under free competition, the chaotic market order has been rectified, capital centralization, production centralization and specialization, the capitalist economy has flourished again, and the pockets of big capitalists have swelled again ... So the transition from liberalism to monopoly can also be said to be a self-adjustment of capitalism.
Having said that, some people may ask, in the feudal society of China, can the government crush the merchants with a little finger? Ok ... as we said before, two tigers are not allowed in one mountain ... unless a man and a woman.
At this time, the government was already the government of an imperialist country, and twelve of the ten deputies in the National Assembly were surnamed Zi-in a word, the big capitalists became the masters of the parliament-the traders of national politics. Government? What the hell is that? Can I eat? (See America for details)-Alas, this collusion between government and business! Otherwise, how can we say that monopoly is the economic essence of imperialism?
PS, liberalism leads to centralization of production, which will inevitably lead to monopoly when it develops to a certain stage. When monopoly can step on the head of free competition and declare itself the boss, capitalism will evolve into monopoly capitalism (imperialism)! (*? ︶? *)
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