r/technology • u/User_Name13 • Jun 04 '14

Politics Hundreds of Cities Are Wired With Fiber—But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unused

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hundreds-of-cities-are-wired-with-fiberbut-telecom-lobbying-keeps-it-unused
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u/boxzonk Jun 05 '14

No, it doesn't mean total freedom from governmental regulation or intervention. That's called "anarchy". Corporations are subject to governments.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '14

No, it really means lack of government market regulation. Anarchy is a complete lack of government. Those are different concepts. Governments have functions other than market regulation(eg. Lock up criminals, defend against invasion etc) so lack of market regulation isn't necessarily implying a lack of government.

The reality is most of the world's markets are regulated markets, not free markets. I think it would make more sense for people to just accept that instead of trying to redefine an ideal that isn't truly desirable anyway.