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1. :verified_2:防空識別區𝒔𝒐𝒄𝟶 (adiz@soc0.outrnat.nl)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 04:35:22 JST :verified_2:防空識別區𝒔𝒐𝒄𝟶

   If the free market worked to benefit consumers and if companies always acted in the best interests of the consumer and if corporations weren't positively reenforced to consistent malevolent, anti-social behavior then we wouldn't need government regulations to force market entities to stop doing shitty things and good things wouldn't solely exist within the places where these regulations existed.
   
   RE: https://kitty.haus/objects/7ae6a628-f3a2-4560-8d29-21d08b87c999

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   • † top dog :pedomustdie: (dcc@annihilation.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 07:43:47 JST † top dog :pedomustdie:

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     @adiz I have the best counter example for you
     Why do you think you only have only one (sometimes two) choices of isp's?
     If you guessed becuase the government gave grants and made it hard for more than one isp to lay down lines you would be correct. The government makes regulations for the company's not the other way around.
   • anonymous (anonymous@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 27-Jan-2024 07:50:45 JST anonymous

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     • † top dog :pedomustdie:

     @dcc @adiz I remember hearing stories about areas trying to set up, I forget the name but it was like “communal ISPs”. Basically they wanted to set up an ISP in the city that was funded by taxes or something like that. I remember the feds (or state, can’t remember off the top of my head) literally prevented them from doing that, because everyone else including the city counsel was on board.

     I remember wondering why at the time. I don’t wonder anymore.

     Also a good chunk of the reason for this is spying.

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