It stifles competition, leading to an overall worse product. Hope this helps!
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The construction camps were beset with malaria, cholera, and starvation. The ties and some bridges were made of immature green wood that buckled and created maintenance headaches all along the 5,772-mile route – about a fourth of the circumference of the earth – that would not be tied together until 1901.Originally, in the east, the Russians secured Chinese permission to build a line directly across Manchuria (the Chinese Eastern Railway) from the Transbaikal region to Vladivostok; this trans-Manchurian line was completed in 1901. ...It allowed people to reach the remote regions and exploit Siberia's natural resources.
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Hello. You did not submit the passage this question refers to, which makes it impossible for it to be answered. However, when searching for your question on the internet, I was able to find a question like yours where it featured a passage from the book "Leviathan." If that's the case for you, I hope the answer below will help you.
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A. The passage portrays how the sovereign of a region is not subject to civil laws, as he is the only one who has the power to revoke them, which allows him to be free to do as he pleases. A historical situation that motivated him to write this was the existence of manipulations in the laws of England brought about by the monarchy and the commonwealth sovereigns.
B. A broader historical development that inspired Hobbes was the existence of an absolutist monarchy that gave kings and queens full control of all civil, political, and social laws and elements.
People could worship as they pleased, but non-Muslims had to pay higher taxes.