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They are a local monopoly (and in case of comcast more then just local). But you see this is very different. This is essentially a state created monopoly, so t
by nickik 9y ago
They are a local monopoly (and in case of comcast more then just local). But you see this is very different.
This is essentially a state created monopoly, so the left does never really seem to care about them. They were pretty much born as monopolies.
The left is only interested in the 'free market great monopolies and we need to protect the people with regulation narrative'.
The right on the other hand does not really care about things that are nominally private, even if it is a 100% imperfect form of a market. They care about symbolic reduction in the state and the state budget itself, plus why go after somebody that has huge interest that the left not be back in power as that could mean absorption in the state.
- ch4s3 9y agoThis is a categorically false assertion. Almost everyone hates comcast. And left, right, and center numerous municipalities are trying to break Comcast's local monopolies, but are being stopped by state legislatures. Regulatory capture is a big problem, and the buying of politicians is a problem on both sides politically in the US. *Edit: I'd be curious to know why people disagree with my statement.
- nickik 9y agoMaybe you are misunderstanding me. Maybe I was not clear. With state I'm 'the government' not 'state government' in case this was not clear. I was just trying to say why on federal level does not try to fix these issues on a higher level. My point was that neither sees it as a important enough issue, not to mention complicated because of all the different levels.
- ch4s3 9y agoI'm not sure there's a lot of fixing anything at the federal level lately.