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Originally Posted by Janszoon
Never said the government was. I said they're one of the only levers we have to use against corporations.
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They certainly
can be.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
No, I grew up from having simpleminded libertarian anti-government knee-jerk views to understanding that government—which is rife with it's own problems—is one of the only things that can curb corporate abuses.
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Corporations will never stop trying to lobby government, but the government are the ones who keep that door open. As I said before...cut the money out. It'll be magical.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
Apparently you didn't understand, considering your descriptions of my position.
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To be fair, you don't seem to understand my position very well either if you really think Libertarians are "simpleminded".
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
Cause when gubment takes its hands off big business, big business returns the favor? Yeah ok bud.
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Have I ever been an advocate for deregulated big business over government? I think government can be worse, but nobody wants to live in the universe of
Snow Crash either.