> You can't credibly decry net neutrality (ie government regulation of your "private business"), when the very existence of your "private business" depends on g

> You can't credibly decry net neutrality (ie government regulation of your "private business"), when the very existence of your "private business" depends on government regulation to operate. Not sure what is meant by this. Maybe this holds true for some moral arguments, but I'm not sure on that either, as fundamental institutions like property rights and contract law are often provided by governments as well. Most arguments in favor of market based solutions are not moral but practical (efficiency etc.) And of course, you would frequently argue in favor of market mechanisms in highly regulated and/or government rich fields. (Look at banking, healthcare, research, etc.) There's even a lot of practical benefits in competition between bureaucracies which (at least in the EU) are completely government determined. Long story short: in the academic discourse, market and government are no opposites, complements, enemies or anything necessarily averse.