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> It goes beyond kicking someone out of the bar to not allowing someone to open a bar.

This analogy doesn't work. Anyone can open their own "bars" on the Web. Reddit and Voat are the "bars" here. Voat was created because they were kicked off of Reddit. Voat even mimics Reddit in terms of functionality.

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I think he meant open a bar on the same property as the bar that kicked him out, in order to siphon of some of the customers.

Exactly. Here's another comparison. Why should cities build affordable housing? People can just go move into the forests and mountains and build houses themselves. The point is that these entities have become a necessity for doing business.

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