Re: My Dinner With Marc Andreessen

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On Wed, 10 Jul 2024, Dave Yeo wrote:

> D wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, 9 Jul 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> 
>>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 12:28:05 +0200, D wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Except that neither europe nor the US are free markets, so neither can
>>>>> be used as an example.
>>>> 
>>>> The simple fact is that mobile phones took off in lots of countries,
>>>> reaching over 100% penetration in several of them, while the US
>>>> continued
>>>> to lag behind. What was different? Those other countries used the
>>>> Government-mandated GSM standard, while the US just ???let the market
>>>> decide???.
>>> 
>>> It's true that the cellphone companies in the US lobbied congress for a
>>> number of regulations that stifled competition and stifled the growth
>>> of the industry, such as the Electronic Communication Privacy Act of 1986
>>> which remains a stumbling block for all kinds of things.
>>> --scott
>> 
>> Thank you for a good example Scott.
>
> It is a good example of capitalism in action, using capital to acquire more 
> capital, in this case by buying government.
> Why do you hate capitalism?
> Dave
>

In situations like these, I always recommend the calm and collected 
reading of Johan Norbergs The Capitalist Manifesto 
(https://www.amazon.com/Capitalist-Manifesto-Global-Market-World/dp/1838957928/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=).

Enjoy! =)

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