[PostOnce]

The government is also the reason I don't rob you, competitors don't cut/jam your phoneline at busy times, the reason you can buy from wholesalers and trust their product not to be poison or counterfeit, and you don't have to pay protection money to the mob.

You'd probably be making far less without the government's involvement.

Just playing devil's advocate.

[ted_bunny]

People have been told this for generations yet the "I did it all alone" narcissistic delusion persists. If the incoming administration does what it promises, we may see them learn their error the hard way.

[samplatt]

Well... WE will learn their error the hard way. They're well set up to already fill those other positions that were mentioned.

[AyyEye]

> government is also the reason I don't rob you

This speaks more to your character more than everyone else's.

> the reason you can buy from wholesalers and trust their product not to be poison or counterfeit

Amazon is the second largest company on planet earth. Everyone's apparently okay with that.

> you don't have to pay protection money to the mob.

Just a monthly fee for everything from heated seats to garage doors and forced obsolescence for everything that hasn't been turned into a subscription yet.

[Martinussen]

> Just a monthly fee for everything from heated seats to garage doors and forced obsolescence for everything that hasn't been turned into a subscription yet.

To be fair, that type of nonsense is something only the government can really deal with on a general level. (Obviously we need to actually care about it enough for that to happen, but still.)

[qup]

No it's not. Literally any other company can deal with that.

[Martinussen]

How do other companies come into play if you buy a car and are suddenly told 6 months later that you need to pay up or they will disable the heated seats you got?

[qup]

By selling cars that don't do that.