[nietzreznor]

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You're saying that we know a priori that in a stateless society there would be no monopolies?

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Not exactly--we know a priori that monopolies are far less likely to occur in a stateless society than a statist one.
It also depends on what is meant by 'monopoly'. Most Austrians apply the term only to cases where there are entry barriers enforced with physical force, so it seems obvious that these would be far less likely to happen without State coercion.
If though by monopoly you mean 'the only company in a given geographical area', or something like that, it still seems obvious that a highly decentralized society will have a much easier time avoiding monopolies than a highly centralized statist one.

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Let me guess, Austrian?

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Austrian and [censored] proud of it! [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]