A few things to note. First of all, some libertarians do not believe in patents. Patents can create monopolies and control markets. Some libertarians believe in shorter patents than we currently have. Whats important here is that long term patents, issued by our government, are one of the creators of monopolies. In some cases, such as patents, governments actually encourage monopolies.
Second of all, corporations are not as bad as many people make them out to be. My left-liberal economics teacher showed my class a chart of wages and income. Monopolies only take in 9% of the income in the US. Wages that go to individuals make up 55% or more and the rest goes mostly to taxes.
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