| The elephant in the room. The elephant in the room is actually that they deregulated and allowed monopolies to buy out and run businesses that compete with their own. The problem here is a monopoly with near unlimited cash can buy out a competitor. Then they decide which makes the most money and close the free market ending all competition but one. Ie Creating a enforced monopoly where prices are fixed.
We literally allow telcom monopolies to soak up government tax subsidies for wire line and allow them to use that money to buy out a fledgling wireless industry. They then decide wireless gives a monopoly more gouging power over the public so we let them shut down wire line service so they can be allowed to charge more without having to compete with a conflicting/competing service they also "opps" happen to own. It's pure corruption and a attack on the free market principles.
How consumers are ALLOWED to spend their dollars are being literally voted by lobbyists (rotating door!) and regulators staffed by companies they are supposed to regulate!
There is no democracy, no republic, only who has the biggest wallet having ANY say at all in what is best for the public now. If you want to complain opps political parties are allowed to own majority shares in media. Even if they don't media will never post news that offends a paying advertiser. They'll convert the public on a scape goat most likely someone trying to fix the problem.
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A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the corporations discover that money can elect representatives to vote themselves a monopoly, buy media to blame 'The Godless' and forced price inflation on the public. |
