On Thu, December 14, 2006 5:58 pm, John Oliver wrote: > On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 12:00:50PM -0800, Lan Barnes wrote: >> When you give businesses monoplies, you have to regulate them. Scream >> "socialism" is you want (doesn't bother me in the least); I'll just >> smile >> and say "Enron." > > Well, Enron wasn't a monopoly.
They were artificially manipulating a monopoly market. Is there a term for that (other than "crime")? > > But I do agree... only the most hardcore anarcho-capitalist would > consider regulation of monopolies "Socialism". I get yelled at by > "true" Libertarians because I do not denounce the concepts of government > and taxation entirely :-) > How hard for you ;-) I assume they'd be fine without government services? The Army, roads, all that stuff? -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
