opol y ▁position . ▁He ▁says ▁that ▁" with ▁the ▁aid ▁of ▁the ▁federal ▁government , ▁a ▁segment ▁of ▁the ▁rail road ▁industry ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁" break ▁free ' ▁from ▁the ▁compet itive ▁bounds ▁which ▁had ▁pre va iled ▁in ▁the ▁East ." ▁In ▁addition , ▁some ▁claim ▁that ▁reg ulations ▁can ▁be ▁established ▁that ▁place ▁bur dens ▁on ▁smaller ▁fir ms ▁that ▁attempt ▁to ▁comp ete ▁with ▁an ▁industry ▁leader . ▁ ▁The ▁state ▁as ▁co er ci ve ▁mon opol y ▁Econom ist ▁Murray ▁Roth b ard , ▁noted ▁for ▁his ▁esp ous al ▁of ▁an arch o - cap ital ism , ▁arg ues ▁that ▁the ▁state ▁itself ▁is ▁a ▁co er ci ve ▁mon opol y ▁as ▁it ▁uses ▁force ▁to ▁establish ▁" a ▁comp uls ory ▁mon opol y ▁over ▁police ▁and ▁military ▁services , ▁the ▁provision ▁of ▁law , ▁jud icial ▁decision - making , ▁the ▁mint ▁and ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁create ▁money , ▁un used ▁land ▁(' the ▁public ▁domain '), ▁streets ▁and ▁high ways , ▁rivers ▁and ▁coast al ▁waters , ▁and ▁the ▁means ▁of ▁deliver ing ▁mail ." ▁He ▁says ▁that ▁" a ▁co er ci ve ▁mon opol ist ▁tends ▁to ▁perform ▁his ▁service ▁badly ▁and ▁in efficient ly ". ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁moral ▁arguments ▁over ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁force , ▁free ▁market ▁an arch ists ▁often ▁argue ▁that ▁if ▁these ▁services ▁were ▁open ▁to ▁competition ▁that ▁the ▁market ▁could ▁supply ▁them ▁at ▁a ▁lower ▁price ▁and ▁higher ▁quality . ▁