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> Your reversing cause and effect Which cause and effect am I reversing? Who deserves what is based on identity, i.e. citizen vs corporation, not money alone.
by user3939382 4y ago
> Your reversing cause and effect
Which cause and effect am I reversing? Who deserves what is based on identity, i.e. citizen vs corporation, not money alone. So the auction determination of who deserves what, based only on money, is what is in some cases reversed.
>it's not like every auction winner is guaranteed to make money
Whether corporations made a sound business decision in the process of elbowing citizens out of their rightful resources while attempting to extract rents from them is beside the point. The damage to the People is done regardless.
- MichaelZuo 4y ago> Who deserves what is based on identity, i.e. citizen vs corporation, This is an astonishing claim. If you don't believe the law, judiciary, etc., decide, then your views are likely shared by almost no one.
- user3939382 4y agoIt’s astonishing that corporations shouldn’t be able to ride roughshod over the public and dominate all our resources unbridled? Shared by almost no one? Go look into the opposition to Citizens United. The idea that the government should be united with corporations which is what we have now is the real definition of fascism, supporting that is what’s astonishing.
- kortilla 4y agoYou know an auction is literally people paying the public the most to use a shared resource, right? Whether they are people organized into a corporation or individuals bidding on spectrum, the end result is the same. The public got paid the most it could for publicly auctioned frequencies.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoWell considering the U.S. Constitution remains unamended, it's a fact at least 25% of the electorate disagrees, so this is a provably false statement even in the worst case scenario.
- user3939382 4y agoSo you're equating "almost no one" to "at least 25%"?
- MichaelZuo 4y agoDo you mean the 75% instead of the 25%?, otherwise your comment doesn't make sense.