I hope you die horribly.

Why the fucking hell were you modded Troll? This is how it is! This is exactly how it is!

I was thinking that maybe it was one of the AMAs featuring a real live sociopath. The timeline doesn't fit, but the being labeled a troll part does: this one here seemed to lie in almost every answer he gave. In particular, he claimed that he tried very hard not to act like a typical sociopath, and that he considered all the implications of any given action, but then claimed that he'd never bother to help out any of his "friends", keeping them around only for his own amusement. He admitted to lying habitually for no reason. I would believe that he was in fact a sociopath (or at least narcissistic), but wouldn't believe a word he said beyond that.

So maybe he's that guy.

Sure there is. Treat little guys different, legally, than big corporations. And if corporations ever try to use a little guy as a proxy to get around that, punish them with public executions of whoever made that decision, and also whoever was in effective charge of the company (such that simply hiring a figurehead CEO wouldn't dodge the death penalty for whoever's actually running the company).

It won't happen, but it's nice to think about, and would solve that problem pretty handily.

The problem with the government competing with private companies is that 1) they suck at it - there's no efficiency, and 2) they have too much power, and could wind up running at a loss and drive them out of business while still sucking tax dollars.

It would seem to be much better just to forcibly break up the corporations when they get too much power. That way they still have to run efficiently, but the public gets the benefit of competition. Doing this to, say, telecom companies would be good. Well, first execute (as in kill) the top management of those who have been anti-competitive, to send a message. Then break up the companies and force them to compete against each other, AND to lease their lines.

The problem with roman_mir is that with him, libertarianism is a religion to be followed blindly and unquestioningly. It has some nice ideas, and the focus on personal freedom is a good thing, but it just doesn't work in the real world. What people should do is take the focus on personal liberty, and realization that regulations and taxes are evil (albeit necessary - but the realization that they are evil leads one to use them wisely and sparingly), and combine it with a government that is minimal, efficient, and still does what is needed: police, firefighting, defense of the nation, breaking up of monopolies and oligopolies, regulation for safety reasons where necessary (and with the understanding that striving for 100% safety is impossible and idiotic), et cetera. A necessary part of government should be to fight against excessive corporate power, as opposed to the current US government which is bought by it.

Anyway, my point is, you can't argue with roman_mir because he's a religious fool.

It deserves the coveted "5, Troll" mod. Everything in it is true.

Just stop. Every one of your posts has been this illiterate nonsense. Stop posting and save yourself the embarrassment.

You're not the only one: I can confirm that it does this. Used to happen all the time with my previous inter-net provider (shitty, disconnected all the time).

It wouldn't be wrong, just illegal. The consequences, though, might be something you'd want to avoid.