posted on 2023-08-03, 13:05authored byDavid W. Bluestone
The emotional heat of the argument. "Competition" and "monopoly" are words highly charged with emotion. The outlook of each person on these words is an integral part of his personal orientation toward politics, economics, and society in general. Most people think in terms of stereotypes, that is, words that are a mental shorthand symbol for a mosaic of thousands of bits of facts, ideas, and emotions.