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At least you can choose the corporation you want to deal with, unlike the nation state you live in.

• jacobush 7y ago
  Only because the nation states force this on the corporations. Do you really think the corporation would let you choose anything if they were let unchecked? You'd have to pick your allegiance and then face the consequences. Or they'd pick you before you had a chance to choose yourself. Do you think the lords of old let the serfs have a say in whether they wanted to leave or stay? No. It would be the same for us. Going to digital lords and barons and no states to rein them in would be regressing.
  • antidesitter 7y ago
    It’s actually the opposite. States reduce choices available to customers. See my sibling comment for an example: the cable industry.
    • wolco 7y ago
      It is not that simple. Policy can increase or decrease competition. Breaking up Ma Bell as an example. Overall governments increase standards which can lead to few players but it can also help an industry grow quicker and allow for more complex/value products/services which creates an industry around it helping support it (shopify)
      • antidesitter 7y ago
        > Breaking up Ma Bell as an example. The Ma Bell monopoly was created by government in the first place.
        • jacobush 7y ago
          And this fact is supposed to support what argument exactly?
          • antidesitter 7y ago
            Read the grandparent comment.
• Terretta 7y ago
  Just like choosing your cable company... or wait, that’s chosen for you based on where you live. Hmm.
  • antidesitter 7y ago
    > chosen for you based on where you live That’s right. By the government [0][1]. [0] https://www.wired.com/2013/07/we-need-to-stop-focusing-on-just-cable-companies-and-blame-local-government-for-dismal-broadband-competition/ https://www.wired.com/2013/07/we-need-to-stop-focusing-on-ju... [1] http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2014/02/19/whos-afraid-of-comcast/ http://blogs.reuters.com/jackshafer/2014/02/19/whos-afraid-o...