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The populace has different levers for different controllers. Votes for politicians and dollars for private firms. In both cases the lever is imperfect and we do
by _greim_ 6y ago
The populace has different levers for different controllers. Votes for politicians and dollars for private firms. In both cases the lever is imperfect and we don't always get optimal results.
- newen 6y agoThey don't get any say once local monopolies happen, which is the case with broadband for most areas in the US.
- adamsea 6y ago“The populace” doesn’t really have dollars as leverage for private firms. Certainly not in a fashion similar to voting, however imperfect voting may be. Especially not for monopolies. Plus, as folks in tech from the days of IBM/Microsoft dominance can attest to, simply having multiple options doesn’t necessarily create the same kind of level playing field that we (imperfectly) inspire to in the electoral process. Plus of course there are the non-customers of said private firm, who, in the case of massive companies like Amazon, Google, telecoms, etc. While with voting the only barrier is (ideally) being a citizen of voting age.