Crimes Against Humanity

I bought a patch cable today. I bought it. I've never been at a point in my life where I wasn't working at an office that I couldn't just "borrow" a patch cable. So I had to go to the local racket place and pay an arm and a leg for the damn thing. It ought to be illegal to charge for patch cables. Networking should be free. Bandwidth should be free. Hardware should cost money, but the network should be free. It should be built into every house like cable and electricity. When can I live in that world? I drove most of the way to the store behind a car with a bumper sticker stating 'I don't call 911, I call .357'. I'm not sure, but I think that might have something to do with it.