Ron Watson wrote:
> Steve, great post as always..
> 
> I'll give an explanation.
> 
> We're scary. 


Show us evidence (even anecdotal) that Big Business is visionary enough to 
realize this, or plans long-term enough to take steps to shut down.  I think 
you are presuming that Big Business is a rational, energetic actor, and that 
you are mistaken. Big Business does not conspire to change contexts, but adapts.


> These guys built their empire promising us exactly what we have  
> today: "Every man a publisher. Every man a Network."
> 
> It was the bone they threw the public and elected officials to get  
> relaxed regulation, re-regulation in their interests and support for  
> their projects. 


It seems quite naïve to hold an industry to the empty promises made by its 
lobbyists in a system so corrupt. The actual promises delivered concerned 
strings of zeros deposited in legislators' bank accounts.

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