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Yes, you can. You can do that by making the monetary value of the idea zero when it used to be non-zero.

>>gavinh+(OP)
Stealing requires physical force, whether that be on the property or person. By your logic, independently discovering the idea is also stealing.

>>alphan+Gj1
Stealing does not require physical force.

>>gavinh+xm1
So again, I guess you’re stealing from me by coming up with the same idea that I had.

>>alphan+xq1
You're being disingenuous.

I would be stealing if I prevented you from making money from it.

>>gavinh+DL1
By doing what exactly? Selling spades because you also figured out how to put a stone on a stick? If you believe such things should be illegal, do we agree that you don’t follow the force is only justified in response to force principle?

>>alphan+0U1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_leader

Then once smaller competitors are out of business, raise prices.

Of course, force can go into it, such as when a big company sues a smaller company with a frivolous lawsuit that the smaller company can't afford to fight. Then the smaller company goes out of business, and the big company can use their ideas free.