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Comment Re:Pandemics are Made by People (Score 1) 121

Do you enjoy being wrong or do you get some sort of sick twisted pleasure at being defeated at every turn. Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly lol. Where are you getting your information? It has a monopoly on desktop computers, but thats a small segment of the computing market. Everywhere else its is in deep trouble. Governments had to wait until laws could be codified into the books for them to take on monopolies, but the point that you missed is that there are laws on the books now, but the government may not enforce them for political reasons. In summary, the ism you want, won't work, and you cannot make me pay for your trillions in altruistic things..

Comment Re:You want a much better discount on Apple produc (Score 1) 43

Id caution against mac devices at all, unless you want to be treated like a red-headed step child of computing. It has all the corporate backing linux wishes it had, yet none of the innovation linux has. It doesn't have software support like windows, but at least its not barely supported like linux.

Comment Re:Pandemics are Made by People (Score 1) 121

Monopolies exist due to lack of innovation and primarily reside due to government influence on the markets. It is illegal to become a monopoly in most markets so instead of asking why they are monopolies you should ask why is the government letting them be a monopoly? I wager its to gain support for a failed ism. I don't get your point about operating systems being monopolies? Are you sure you're a tech person? Linux is widely used and actively trumps Windows for anything that actually matters. Ghames are the one thing, and even that is easily overcome. Unless you're a degenerate gaymer. So out of the entire united states market you cherry picked a measly 3 items, the loud extremely tiny minority of merchants and take that as evidence that we should switch to a failed ism. If you're a loser under this ism, you'll be a loser under any of those failed isms. Except, maybe you will get a free house in 20 years. Maybe. Again, thanks for not denying that you own stuff because you decided to trade for them. None of those entities in your list have held a gun to your head and forced you to buy from them. It's all voluntary. You live in a world of your choosing.

Comment Re: Pandemics are Made by People (Score 1) 121

Do you or does anyone you know live in government housing? If American, probably not. Government's only a role is regulation, not in providing anything. Even its only purpose of regulation can be faulty as it can artificially constrain supply of certain items like housing, or access to new medications, items etc. Every other developed nation providing universal healthcare also requires a heavy tax burden on the populace. Ive seen Germans quote on the order of half their paycheck to pay for all the free goodies. A major part of the reason why government regulated healthcare is so expensive is due to barriers towards new hospitals. Current hospitals must agree that there is need for another hospital. When your competition has to approve of you existing, you are screwed. Free market needs room to work, stifling regulation is why the housing supply is woefully inadequate and government built housing will never match the speed and efficiency of the free market. Neither the speed nor quality nor price. In NYC they built a 3 million dollar public restroom, private sector $300,000 and much nicer and well maintained. One example of just how fast is the free market is Elon Musk, notice how his rocket company has taken off so quickly and so efficiently compared to the multi decade long wait at NASA. If free market isn't working its probably due to some lousy government regulations getting in the way, on purpose, to create false support for a particular ism that always fails.

Comment Re:Pandemics are Made by People (Score 1) 121

It is limited, we have laws now. They might need to be updated in certain areas but its not doom just yet. Thanks for not denying that almost all you own was obtained thanks to greed and trading dollars to greedy individuals for stuff you want. Greedy investors is how you managed to post your hot takes online. Some greedy person wants your dollars and will give you internet in exchange. Clearly you, or someone else thought it was a good trade because here you are. A problem with people who define or are against "greedy" corporations is that they think corporations shouldn't be entitled to profits. Maybe you should only work for the bare minimum to keep you alive and housed?? Nobody forced you at gunpoint to trade the money to the greedy corporation in exchange for goods.

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