Comment Re:lol statism ai the cause of monopolies (Score 0, Insightful) 34
Garbage regulations like IP create these behemoths.
They become what they attempt to prevent/regulate or get captured. The FDA seems to think it's main job is to protect Big Pharma. The FCC thinks it's there to prevent you from running a free wifi mesh (can't have that: gotta protect the children and stop the terrorists, ya know). The SEC, the FAA, the EEOC, etc.. they all do the opposite of their actual job. All the big agencies either get captured and turned into apparatchiks for corrupt corporations and/or their "regulation" does way more harm than good to the people they were supposed to protect.
The government is bad at pretty much everything it does. It's also a corrupt murder factory that likes to kill folks for a myriad of reasons. That's why it's better if we keep it small: so it gets fewer opportunities to cause problems.