@Psybernetic @neonsnake @HeavenlyPossum @gerrymcgovern @RD4Anarchy @gnutelephony @whatzaname Competition MAY be concurrent with hostility; it doesn't need to be. It's easy to want to be protected; that's not unique to those cronyists who seek it. Look at yourself; you reject competition; is that not a call to be protected from it?
You keep gesturing at Sears, as if it's some ironclad example that competition is evil. Can you manage to give any example of where competition has had good results?