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Really, is there? I was born in a communist country and when I was a kid, there was a joke: In the socialistic countries, the government owns the businesses.
by vetinari 9y ago
Really, is there?
I was born in a communist country and when I was a kid, there was a joke:
In the socialistic countries, the government owns the businesses. In capitalist countries, it's the other way around.
Think about it a little, and then apply your argument again.
- Mindless2112 9y agoIn the US, if you don't like some company's content policies, you can, with a bit of effort, start your own company. (Whether it can generate revenue enough to support itself is a separate problem.) In China, if you don't like the government's policies, you can try starting your own government. Good luck.
- vetinari 9y agoStarting your own youtube/facebook-like platform with all it's network effects is similar to starting your own government.
- livingparadox 9y agoYoutube/facebook won't throw you in jail for creating a competitor. The government will usually take exception to you trying to start your own government on their land.
- am1988 9y agoIn the US if you don't like your internet provider you can shut up and keep paying because the government helped them get a localized monopoly. Google can swing regulators from "anti-trust" to "it's all good they said they would fix it". Lobbyists write legislation. The level of corporate control in the US is disturbingly high. Ultimately they are weaker than the federal government.
- StreamBright 9y agoAnd as we know: https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/fi...