Although obviously hyperbole, the sad thing is that this is actually not completely outside the realm of possibility: With regard to the first point, before th

Although obviously hyperbole, the sad thing is that this is actually not completely outside the realm of possibility: With regard to the first point, before there was email, Lysander Spooner attempted to compete with the (at the time notoriously high priced) US Postal Service. He was profitable, but the US government sued him out of existence. You could argue the second point already happens "indirectly" through our less than transparent foreign policy. The third point also kind of already takes place thanks to patents: the US government has given Microsoft a way to profit off of Android despite clearly demonstrating failure in this market.