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How do you break out of the trap of “success to the successful?”
Sometimes it is possible to move, adapt, or evolve in order to escape competitive
exclusion. Businesses can diversify themselves with a new product or service. It
is possible to keep the “rich get richer” phenomenon in check if there are other
feedback loops in place (like antitrust laws) that keep any one business from
completely taking over the marketplace and driving out all competition.
Pushing the reset button and rearranging the playground or the rules can be an
option to stop the cycle. In golf, for example weaker players are given a
handicap. In Monopoly, a new game is a fresh start where all players can begin
as equals again. School choice and scholarships for disadvantaged students can
provide some with equal access to the best schools — for a lucky few. Having
the wealthy pay a higher tax rate than the poor, people making donations to
charitable organizations, the public welfare system, unions in the workplace, and
assistance in attaining healthcare and scholarships are a few of the measures
many societies have in place to combat this system trap.
Diversification can offer an opportunity to change the game and allow those who
are losing to possibly be able to become competitive once again. Having
antitrust laws in place to keep businesses from completely eliminating all

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competition. Finding ways to limit some of the advantages of those with power
and giving them to those without through unions, scholarships, or financial
assistance; and offering rewards to winning competitors that will not impact
future successes in the competition, are all possible solutions to breaking free
from the system trap called “success to the successful.”

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