--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >
> >FWIW, I believe that the key is to allow everyone
> more
> >freedom, instead of less as some of the more
> >socialist-minded among us promote. Making the
> >individual stronger and smarter is how we get
> there. I liked what you were
> >saying about freedom and the
> >internet.
> >
>
> Unfortunately, one of the downsides of lowering
> community control and giving
> private groups more leeway is that they can often
> use that leeway to
> restrict the options of others.
>
> Let us look at one type of restriction of corporate
> freedom that I support,
> because it gives me more options. (This isn't a
> theoretical argument, BTW,
> the attempts to work around this have affected me
> personally.) Companies
> are not free to enter agreements to never hire
> employees or former employees
> of competitors. The reason for this is that, which
> such an agreement, even
> the best producers have absolutely no leverage
> (unless they have spare tens
> of millions to start their own company.) Do you
> support restrictions of
> freedom such as this, or do you think that companies
> can have an agreement
> to never hire employees away from each other?
>
You misunderstand me. When I said freedoms above, I
meant only individuals. Corporations have none of the
freedoms we enjoy as individuals. The fates of
corporations that overstep their bounds are entirely
left up to the courts (and thus society). Don't
confuse that with what I said about a free market in
general- as with society, you allow entities to go
about their business freely unless they violate the
law.
I remember some of what you said of your situation
before, did you bring it to the attention of the FTC?
dean
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