GOVERNMENT HATES COMPETITION Cotton Bag

The idea that “government hates competition” comes from a simple observation: competition limits control, and control is what centralized systems tend to preserve. In open markets, businesses have to earn trust, improve constantly, and risk failure—while government agencies face far fewer consequences for inefficiency, since they’re funded regardless of performance. When rules, regulations, or licensing requirements conveniently raise barriers to entry, it starts to look less like consumer protection and more like insulation from challengers.

So the argument isn’t that government always opposes competition, but that it has a built-in incentive to manage or restrict it—because real competition introduces accountability. And systems that aren’t used to competing rarely volunteer to start.

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