Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: My Dinner With Marc Andreessen Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:20:19 +0200 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <25541dff-a5c8-16a7-8b6c-cbf4f59b248f@example.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2892145"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:25230 On Wed, 10 Jul 2024, Dave Yeo wrote: > D wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, 9 Jul 2024, Scott Dorsey wrote: >> >>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro 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! =)