Kim Dotcom: US Government Is Protecting An Outdated Monopolistic Business Model

Re:Kim Dotcom: US Government Is Protecting An Outdated Monop... by batista on Thursday March 01, 2012 @01:34PM (#3653364)

A government protects two things: itself (the bureaucrats and politicians) and their backers, bribers and friends (the private mega corporations).

In order to protect itself, though, it has to balance the demands of the second, with what its' voters, the general public, wants.

That's why:

a) government is problematic

b) but it's still better than no/much-less government = big corporations rule directly with their clout

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Re:Kim Dotcom: US Government Is Protecting An Outdated Monop... by carsongross on Thursday March 01, 2012 @02:49PM (#3653696)

Another alternative: lots of small, independent governments.

For some reason, the big government schools and the big company media never talk about that one.

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Re:Kim Dotcom: US Government Is Protecting An Outdated Monop... by batista on Friday March 02, 2012 @04:24AM (#3655979)

That's good too, but you have to have some way to tame big entities, like mega-corps, that have much more power than any independent government.

For example, mega-corp says to the citizens of indi-govr1: "hey, guys, you give me 100% tax break, and the ability to use materials bad for the environment in my factory, or I take my business in another indi-govr".

Without some framework so that such things cannot happen in ANY indi-govr, you are at the mercy of mega-corps...

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