Therefore, capitalism cannot fail, it can only be failed.

Wrong. In a truly dog-eat-dog world, any dog that gets too far ahead gets eaten by the pack.

Spoken like someone who's never owned more than one dog.

Fun fact: The dog that gets out in front is the pack leader. Might want to try a different metaphor.

Unless you really believe that a near-monpoly in a libertarian universe could ever get taken down by a bunch of scrappy startups...

2. Green subsidies will be moved to the defense budget.

Gawd, I hope so. So many heads asploding.

Oh, right then. Like I said to JC in his journal, damage to the internet will be routed around. Only those who want to be filtered will be filtered, as it has always been.

I was thinking more 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' myself.

Why do we need to gov subsidies to 'keep' the student loan rate at 3.4%? Is there seriously no one in these fraught times that wants to sit back and make a nice safe return on their investment anymore?

Damage to the network will just be fixed by routing around it.

Here's a fun story for you: back in the halcyon days of Hotline, I apparently got big enough to be invited to participate with the big boyz. And one the ways they did it back then was snail mailing big fat HDDs around.

Granted, this was before 'ubiquitous' broadband, and freight was cheaper, but the point stands. there will always be more than one way to skin a cat.

I must be stupid today because I have no idea what you just said.

Imperfection entered humankind through Eve.

FTFY. Cocks don't cause problems, vaginas do.

Put the shovel down son, you're only hurting yourself.