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> I just don't get why anyone would want their city to run an internet service? It seems like the most of awful thing that I could ever be forced to endure. I
by rectang 5y ago
> I just don't get why anyone would want their city to run an internet service? It seems like the most of awful thing that I could ever be forced to endure.
I agree, but the "limited government" alternative in practice is monopoly telcos. What's the difference? Actual competition is not on offer from anyone.
- sidewndr46 5y agoA government granting a monopoly to a private business is in no way "limited". In fact, it is one of the largest uses of power a state can apply.
- rectang 5y agoI agree. The "limited government" advocates in the US are just hypocrites. They grant so much power to corporations that behemoths like the telcos can buy the government and write the laws granting themselves de facto monopolies — so it's not "limited government" any more.