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by iluvuspartacus 4628 days ago
Completely agree with you.

If it's time to capitalize something, bring in the free market.

However if you need to build something that's never been built before, you tend to need a government, a tyrant, or a Rockefeller.

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Minitel was not something that had "never been built before", there were Videotex systems developed before. Of course, it's hard for a private company to use tax money to offer free terminals to everyone.
> However if you need to build something that's never been built before, you tend to need a government, a tyrant, or a Rockefeller.

Well said, well said.

I agree with the Tyrant part.