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Comment Re:I mistrust MADD (Score 1) 549

I wouldn't trust MADD either.

'We believe this might turn the car into the cure for the elimination of drunk driving,' says Laura Dean-Mooney, president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

The good news is that when drunk driving is eliminated, MADD will have nothing to do. (That's not really true, because MADD is trying to prevent alcohol consumption in instances that have nothing to do with driving, but it would force them to be honest about it.)

Comment Re:No such thing as a free market (Score 1) 551

The fundamental difference between the state and all other economic actors is that the state is (or rather can be) democratic, with everyone having a voice. So it is directly controlled by the populace, unlike corporations, and - properly implemented - can be trusted to operate in the interests of the society as a whole.

Every consumer can choose whether to buy products or services from any corporation or other individual. But you don't get that choice with the government. Try to stop paying for government services.

Then, of course, a regulating state breaking up monopolies is not itself a monopolist, since it does not own all the property, nor fully command it.

The regulating state is definitely a monopolist, since it has no competition.

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