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| The companies became as large as they are because they were allowed to do so in the name of the free market.
Time after time, we see evidence of what happens when we open the door to a "free market". All those free market players in the US LD industry have vapourized. The VoIP industry rocks back and forth. The energy industry suffered Enron. GM's nearly bankrupt. Chrysler is now owned by Fiat because nobody can keep it afloat. Eastern Airlines bought and sold in pieces at the expense of the creditors while the owner sneaks away with millions.
Time after time self regulating industry fails itself due to greed.
The collapse of the banking industry in the US should show what is happening. Free market capitalism doesn't work due to people's greed. Our government is trying to recreate the US mess in Canada. |
| reply to Minimal
Actually if you look at the details of mergers, acquisitions, and policy making of Canadian broadband, you will quickly notice it was a lack of any real regulation that destroyed the small ISPs and eliminated competition for the big incumbents. Essentially the CRTC failed to follow its own rules and approved every decision, however questionable, requested by the incumbents.
Liberals tend to support socialistic policies. They do not support allowing big businesses to do whatever they please.
Honestly libertarians drive me nuts. Like rapid ultra conservative Christians they dogmatically follow an ideology without thinking of the realities around them.
If it weren't for the independents sucking away votes from the Democrats, Bush wouldn't have been elected in the first place.
Can you imagine how much better off we'd be if Al Gore, the creator of the internet and a staunch supporter of environmentalism, had been elected President?
We'd all be driving in sub-20k EVs right now and connecting to 100mbit/sec internet connections at home. Extremely idealistic, I know, but you get the point. |
