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> John Stossel's show (obligatory thanks to YouTube algorithm) where he mentions Minitel as an exhibit of government/public sector's failure to innovate and a w
by justin66 6y ago
> John Stossel's show (obligatory thanks to YouTube algorithm) where he mentions Minitel as an exhibit of government/public sector's failure to innovate and a way for the French government to 'control the growth' of this new technology before private players.
I wonder what he thinks ARPANET is an example of. (I don't)
- hylaride 6y agoI don't call myself a libertarian, but I am sympathetic to a lot of their arguments. Stossel comes across as a whiny spoiled brat who can't handle being told 'no' to doing things like lighting up a cigarette in a public school, because it's bad enough that it's a public school but I can't smoke either? The selective arguments he makes can usually be picked apart very easily, too.