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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Companies go bankrupt all the time. That doesn't inherently represent a "clear and present danger" ... except for the employees and stockholders of B&N, of course. At least not a "OMG the sky is falling!" danger. It's a risk all companies face when doing business.
You say "one less competitor keeping Amazon in check" ... I say "one more ineffectual/inefficient organization—that beat up Mom & Pop to gain industry dominance and then got fat, complacent and slow—bites the dust." Potato/potahto.
But yeah... let's go ahead and change the rules to protect/reward/support/subsidize the fat, complacent and lazy competition in the hopes that they might some day tip over and squish the evil despot with their bulk.
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The point is that you can't just blithely say"All BN has to do is match Amazon's discount" as if BN can do that and still survive. They most likely can't.
You have to be realistic about what will actually happen. Now maybe we can live without BN but let's not pretend that it this wouldn't be the likely result.