Re:Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies
by enraged_camel on Monday April 24, 2017 @01:18PM
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I'm not saying it would be easy. I'm just saying Eliot Ness's example proved that it's possible, even in an environment rife with corruption (Prohibition-era Chicago).
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Re:Want to rescue rural America? Bust monopolies
by flyingfences on Monday April 24, 2017 @02:02PM
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Frankly, I don't see Ness & Friends as paragons of virtue. Sure, they were effective at upholding the law, but I don't see the law as at all just. I just can't look at people who relentlessly upheld prohibition and say "I want more of those in my government". Sure, Capone was a crooked crook, but the government was not any better in that case.