For decades, people in the US have been given a song and dance by the telecoms about how tax cuts, surcharges, and a long list of other expenses are necessary for telecoms to "invest" in infrastructure. The concessions are granted again and again, but the investments are never actually made. In all, US taxpayers have paid $400 Billion in taxes and Internet surcharges for fiber optic upgrades that never happened.
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Tuesday December 05 2017, @12:49AM (1 child)
What this naive poster is really advocating is Anarcho-capitalism [wikipedia.org].
Which is right up there with communism in its naivete about human nature. They're lovely ideas that can't be implemented as long as humans are involved.
It is amusing that these folks are so strident about it. I look forward to seeing how things work out in French Polynesia [seasteading.org]. I wish those folks all the luck in the world, but I won't hold my breath.
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday December 05 2017, @01:48AM
Feeling of (my) guts: gift economy [wikipedia.org] has better chances to happen in real world than communism/anarcho-capitalism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford