There's very little difference between corporations and government these days. So it doesn't really matter what we call the people stealing from the citizenry. Corporations shower politicians with gifts, jobs and campaign contributions, which in most other countries would just be called bribery. The purpose of this from the corporation's viewpoint is to align the interest of the politician to that of the corporation. And once their interests are aligned they operate in concert. So as this process accelerates the border between government and corporation becomes less and less clear.
I have absolutely no problem with paying money to the government so damn near everybody can get decent internet service if they want it. Corporations have shown over and over that they are unwilling and actively hostile towards that idea.
The only corporation that I have seen upend that view is Google. Whether competition from private enterprise, or government these companies scream that it is unfair. No, it isn't.
Yes. Less government, more free market. The government should be fighting anti-competitive behavior not granting monopolies. There is no reason for a government sanctioned monopoly in ANY market...it's just a breeding ground for corruption.
Absolutely. Corporations do nothing but good. They bear no responsibility for their purposeful misuse of the funds.
And government does nothing but bad.
Swear on your stack of Ayn Rand books that the world would be better if we had more corporations, because they are perfectly ethical and never screw anybody over.
Yes, that's right. Never blame the con artists^W^Wcorporations who didn't do what they promised. Instead blame the government for trusting them.
Corporations can be evil, but if 5 corporations competed for consumer dollars, then there would be a lot less screwage happening to consumers. Government laws that disallow competition are the first things that need to change.
Government should be there to protect consumers from price fixing, and that's just about it.
Why not tone down even more to get to the fact that not only can they both abuse their power, but they can both not do so too. Not all politicians and corporations are created equal.
Can't we both agree that corporations and governments abuse their power as a matter of fact?
All people and institutions that have power sometimes abuse the power. Sometimes the abuse is knowing, sometimes it's accidental.
This is not terribly interesting.
You're taking what he said and swinging it so fully in the opposite direction it makes you look as crazy as him.
In my defense, I wasn't commanding the HN audience to place 100% of the blame on one party or another. I was just illustrating how insanely idiotic it was for OP to command us to absolve the corporations of their sins, and instead place 100% of the blame on the government.
