Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 30th August 2020

Dilbert//11460, first published six years ago on Sunday 30th August 2020

Not A Monopoly

Tags

managers & supervisors, senior managment, ceo, government, monopoly, product, essential, modern, life, competition, company, compete, buy out, fail, face mask

Official transcript

ceo: the government is threatening to regulate us like a monopoly.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE GOVERNMENT IS THREATENING TO REGULATE US LIKE A MONOPOLY.

ARE WE NOT A MONOPOLY?

WE ARE SIMPLY A COMPANY THAT MAKES AN ESSENTIAL PRODUCT FOR MODERN LIFE, AND WE HAVE NO REAL COMPETITION.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A MONOPOLY, NO, WE ARE NOT A MONOPOLY BECAUSE OTHER COMPANIES COULD COMPETE WITH US IF THEY WANTED.

AND IF THEY TRIED?

AS SOON AS THEY GOT SOME TRACTION, WE'D BUY THEM AND SHUT THEM DOWN.

SO... THEY WOULD FAIL EVERY TIME?

BUT THEY COULD TRY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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