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All major infrastructure such as roads, power, communications etc needs to be owned and run by government upon which is then a level playing field on which free
by basicplus2 9y ago
All major infrastructure such as roads, power, communications etc needs to be owned and run by government upon which is then a level playing field on which free enterprise can then compete.
When you have any major infrastructure essential to running a business in private hands you no longer have a democracy or free enterprise.
- amelius 9y agoAnd before anyone says that the government is probably too inefficient, consider that "own != build+maintain".
- amelius 9y agoOn a related note, can't a digital platform such as iOS or Android be viewed as major infrastructure? How about Google's search?
- jedmeyers 9y agoMain difference between digital platforms and government owned utilities it that utilities require access to land. No one is stopping you from rolling out your own digital platform, while there is no practical way to get any land to lay your own gas pipeline. Therefore the answer to your question is "no, Google search cannot be considered public infrastructure, and one for the reasons is that it does not require any public land to operate".
- pitaj 9y agoYes, because absolute control of the internet is what we want government to have.