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Re: Terrified of the Free Market, LEGO Begs for Protectionism
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Wed, 8 Feb 2012 23:37:26 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Ted Godwin wrote:
   I was commenting on the hyperbolic headline to this thread which included the inaccurate accusation that LEGO is “Terrified of the Free Market”.

Like I said, YMMV.

LEGO has--at every turn--attempted to stifle competition and prevent fair access to the marketplace. In this particular case, they sought the endorsement of their anti-competitive practices by nothing less than the US Government itself. If that’s not fear of the free market, then it’s certainly not an embrace of it.

   I did not express any opinion on MB products or practices since such are not relevant to the discussion at hand.

Agreed, which is why I stipulated that “you--or others” might have problems with the brand; I wasn’t declaring that you personally harbor such objections or that you find them relevant here. I thought that this was made clear in the post.



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  Re: Terrified of the Free Market, LEGO Begs for Protectionism
 
I was commenting on the hyperbolic headline to this thread which included the inaccurate accusation that LEGO is "Terrified of the Free Market". I did not express any opinion on MB products or practices since such are not relevant to the discussion (...) (13 years ago, 8-Feb-12, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)

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