@drethelin @oddblots How does 'good' come into it? Governments trying to do good have been the road to hell.
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Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness @oddblots I like vaccinations and having a highway system and having police and water sanitization and libraries2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin @oddblots Private monopolies would do all those things and more if they hadn't been suppressed by Leviathan1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness @oddblots any monopoly that does those things is to me pretty indistinguishable from government2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin @oddblots Except that private monopolies are destroyed and replaced by deep competition, governments aren't (unless by war).3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
@Outsideness@drethelin @oddblots You can't always just build competing roads or fiber optics. Often too much capital or too little space4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @david_kenneth_d
@david_kenneth_d@Outsideness@drethelin @oddblots roads tricky but always build fiber when monopoly gov isn't rent-seeking via right-of-way1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mr_archenemy
@mr_archenemy@Outsideness@drethelin @oddblots Or the monopoly doesn't just bribe the local council to make it illegal to plant fiber.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @david_kenneth_d
@david_kenneth_d@Outsideness@drethelin @oddblots when market matures, smart govs allow competition (4 broadband competitors in my town)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mr_archenemy
@mr_archenemy@Outsideness@drethelin @oddblots smart/uncorrupt. Main prob I see in comm. vs cap. is humans don't have to play by the rules2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@david_kenneth_d @mr_archenemy @drethelin @oddblots Why isn't that an entirely typical incentives problem?
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