Regulatory capture has proven to be a much bigger problem than deregulation, I think. It seems better not to give the government so much power in the first place.

Put another way, a government that's big enough to give Exxon and the MPAA everything they want is big enough to take it away from you.

Furthermore, what's the difference between a police officer pointing a gun at you and throwing you in jail because you stole some CDs, and a police officer pointing a gun at you and throwing you in jail because of a law that the corporation running the state jail drafted put through the legislature through bribery - sorry, I meant campaign contributions?

Gee, Wally, maybe you should've thought of that before you gave the government so much power in the first place.