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		bduerst on May 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Farmers Are Being Bled by the Tractor Monopol... Yeah, this is kind of faux outrage. John Deere doesn't even have near the monopoly that GP is eluding to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tractor_manufacturers... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tractor_manufacturers

vajrabum on May 13, 2019 [–]

JD has a monopoly on repairing John Deere tractors and their electronics.

bduerst on May 13, 2019 | [–]

And JD does _not_ have a monopoly on the tractor market as GP was claiming in their nightmare hypothetical.

These are two different things.

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