Re:Silicon Valley: Abandoned
by anamax on Thursday October 29, 2009 @07:35PM
(#911158)
> the use of "force" was clearly in terms of market forces
This market isn't free - the price is forced by govt. You remember govt - they're folks who shoot you if you don't do what they want. (They're not the only folks who will do that, but ....)
Without that threat of force establishing a price, there would be a lot less investment.
You may like the price established, but that doesn't change the fact that the price would be different without the threat of force, and there would be a lot less investment.
> ridiculously irrational devices of rhetoric
Since when does pointing out how govt mandates work qualify?
This market isn't free - the price is forced by govt. You remember govt - they're folks who shoot you if you don't do what they want. (They're not the only folks who will do that, but ....)
Without that threat of force establishing a price, there would be a lot less investment.
You may like the price established, but that doesn't change the fact that the price would be different without the threat of force, and there would be a lot less investment.
> ridiculously irrational devices of rhetoric
Since when does pointing out how govt mandates work qualify?