The difference is, a working Government works for the people. Note I said a working Government. A company has no loyalty, no core incentive to work for anyone b

The difference is, a working Government works for the people. Note I said a working Government. A company has no loyalty, no core incentive to work for anyone but themselves. They have no reason to be nice, and not do "dick moves" as you put it. We can't expect companies to have morals, they should operate within the law. Governments must keep them in check, keep the laws safe for humanity. To me, I extend this to anything that "matters". Ie, I believe in reformed health care because health care is too important to me to be handled by corruption. Insurance companies are not aligned with the peoples incentives. Just like how Cable is not aligned with my incentives either. They want to squash competition, stifle innovation, and fundamentally change an equal playing field of access and bandwidth.