I see Intellectual dishonesty from those who are attempting to debate me. I see no definitions of terminology which they are twisting to mean their opposites and hoping we will not notice i.e., monopoly and freedom, which according to them freedom = monopoly.
Anyone attempting to make the flatly false claim that 'force is freedom' and 'freedom is force' is certainly pragmatic, indeed so pragmatic that justifying the use of force to steal your wallet is just a dark alley away if they can get away with it.
In short, you disgust me. You're either a useful idiot thinking to confuse issues, or a government agent trying to drum up support for more NSA survellience and the only true monopoly: Government, since quite obviously if I am legally allowed by my own laws to initiate violence to force you to be my 'customer' then I will never go out of business.
For those who are less obvious hacks, and are genuinly curious about what will happen next:
The proof is in the pudding, with no insider connections closing up shop. Competition is now ending, meaning incentives to increase quality and lower prices are ending as well.
There is actually a lot of historical precedent when considering the issues here.
The trope I would like to bring to attention is the very common occurrence of being duped into begging for our own worst nightmares. The Bolsheviks begged for socialism. 85 million died. The Mao communists begged for communism, 70-80 million died. Is that Rhetoric?
Perhaps, but only if you think the ideas somehow separated as to causality and concurrence.
Poverty has been solved. Right now in india and china, where the 'evils' of capitalism are for the first time being excercised in part, some million souls leave poverty every year.
Freedom solves the problems, and regulation breeds corruption. These are universals wherever we look in history and in modern times. Those principles are like the laws of physics, and just as accepted amongst serious economists as the laws of physics are to physcists.
Where does that lead us? Populists movements are the dupes, the useful idiots of history. The elites concoct a 'problem' where there is none, or better yet, make a problem through regulation which always fails to solve problems and only creates unintended consequences that need to be 'solved' by further regulation, and then pretend to be the Knights in shining armor come to save the day from the errors they caused by interfering in the first place.
Net neutrality, another stupid populist movement, endorsed by the literati, the elites, to cheers of useful idiots celebrating the loss of their own freedoms.
You want to have true Net Neutrality? You want faster speeds, at lower costs? Competition is your answer, not socializing yet another industry. You think Comcast is bad? Why? Poor service, poor accountability, large bureaucratic mess that doesn't care about customers right? Who else does that sound like? The Federal Government! That is who. Guess who made Comcast possible in the first place? Governments, that is who! Guess why Comcast has a virtual monopoly? Because governments caved to industry insiders like Comcast to regulate and uphold the status quo so that corrupt business and politicians could have untrammeled access to your wallet. Now you have guaranteed the status quo will remain just that; the status que. Why?
Law of Economics 1) Monopolies always lead to higher prices, and poorer service.
Law of Economics 2) Regulation must always lead to stultification and moribund markets.
Combine the two, and you get a market that won't innovate because it has no incentive to do anything but rent seek, and ignore investment in newer technologies. Communications companies will now just rest on their laurels, and eat your lunch. Why would they do otherwise? WHo is their customer, you?! Don't make me laugh. The government is now their customer, and the NSA is their lead boss. They will let you sign a petition, to vote, and then do nothing, just like all government. You say you don't like congress and government, and we know because its approval rating is at an all time low, then why the hell would you put them in charge of getting you better internet? I trust the market, because when was the last time the government ever did anything it promised?
TL;DR There goes your higher speeds, and your cheaper rates, but you won't realize your mistake for a decade, but by then it will be too late. Thanks useful idiots.
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Anyone attempting to make the flatly false claim that 'force is freedom' and 'freedom is force' is certainly pragmatic, indeed so pragmatic that justifying the use of force to steal your wallet is just a dark alley away if they can get away with it.
In short, you disgust me. You're either a useful idiot thinking to confuse issues, or a government agent trying to drum up support for more NSA survellience and the only true monopoly: Government, since quite obviously if I am legally allowed by my own laws to initiate violence to force you to be my 'customer' then I will never go out of business.
For those who are less obvious hacks, and are genuinly curious about what will happen next:
http://hyperborean.liberty.me/2015/02/17/why-in-the-midst-of-success-ive-decided-to-leave-the-u s/
The proof is in the pudding, with no insider connections closing up shop. Competition is now ending, meaning incentives to increase quality and lower prices are ending as well.
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The trope I would like to bring to attention is the very common occurrence of being duped into begging for our own worst nightmares. The Bolsheviks begged for socialism. 85 million died. The Mao communists begged for communism, 70-80 million died. Is that Rhetoric?
Perhaps, but only if you think the ideas somehow separated as to causality and concurrence.
Poverty has been solved. Right now in india and china, where the 'evils' of capitalism are for the first time being excercised in part, some million souls leave poverty every year.
Freedom solves the problems, and regulation breeds corruption. These are universals wherever we look in history and in modern times. Those principles are like the laws of physics, and just as accepted amongst serious economists as the laws of physics are to physcists.
Where does that lead us? Populists movements are the dupes, the useful idiots of history. The elites concoct a 'problem' where there is none, or better yet, make a problem through regulation which always fails to solve problems and only creates unintended consequences that need to be 'solved' by further regulation, and then pretend to be the Knights in shining armor come to save the day from the errors they caused by interfering in the first place.
Net neutrality, another stupid populist movement, endorsed by the literati, the elites, to cheers of useful idiots celebrating the loss of their own freedoms.
You want to have true Net Neutrality? You want faster speeds, at lower costs? Competition is your answer, not socializing yet another industry. You think Comcast is bad? Why? Poor service, poor accountability, large bureaucratic mess that doesn't care about customers right? Who else does that sound like? The Federal Government! That is who. Guess who made Comcast possible in the first place? Governments, that is who! Guess why Comcast has a virtual monopoly? Because governments caved to industry insiders like Comcast to regulate and uphold the status quo so that corrupt business and politicians could have untrammeled access to your wallet. Now you have guaranteed the status quo will remain just that; the status que. Why?
Law of Economics 1) Monopolies always lead to higher prices, and poorer service.
Law of Economics 2) Regulation must always lead to stultification and moribund markets.
Combine the two, and you get a market that won't innovate because it has no incentive to do anything but rent seek, and ignore investment in newer technologies. Communications companies will now just rest on their laurels, and eat your lunch. Why would they do otherwise? WHo is their customer, you?! Don't make me laugh. The government is now their customer, and the NSA is their lead boss. They will let you sign a petition, to vote, and then do nothing, just like all government. You say you don't like congress and government, and we know because its approval rating is at an all time low, then why the hell would you put them in charge of getting you better internet? I trust the market, because when was the last time the government ever did anything it promised?
TL;DR There goes your higher speeds, and your cheaper rates, but you won't realize your mistake for a decade, but by then it will be too late. Thanks useful idiots.
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