Well, Min, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. 
Capitalism is a fairly efficient system but the problem is is that wealth disparity was bound to happen. Cornering the market tends to result in very few having very much. Hence why we have so many problems with high-speed internet companies here in the US. there's no competition. You either choose to get DSL, or you choose to get cable...and the problem is, if you choose cable, there's exactly one (1) company to choose from. There's no incentive for competition because everyone's got their little established areas and it's an unsafe investment to go trying to encroach on the other guys because you'll have to offer more for less and if you can instead focus on just charging more for the same shit for the people who have no other choice, why bother? I hear people say things like "THEY'LL DO IT FOR THE PROFIT-MOTIVE!" I hate to say it but established corporations, like anyone who is wildly successful, become complacent and fucking lazy as shit. And because our federal laws haven't kept pace with the rise of corporations (and thanks to Citizens United they've actually gone BACKWARDS), they can buy out politicians to help ensure their domination. And ensured success, again, breeds laziness and complacency. Thus it is that established services in the US are old and out of date and inferior to the rest of the developed [and even large parts of the developing] world. Ever go to Japan? You'll notice that they are constantly in a furious techno-lock, always needing things to be modernized and of highest convenience, whereas you look around the US and everything's pretty much "just good enough," or "passable." I keep hearing about how the US is the "richest" nation in the world but I sure don't see it. I see our country having more rich people, sure, but what do I give a fuck about that? I look at Europe and see them with highly-advanced public transportation networks, highly-financed roads, efficient schooling systems, flourishing museums and scientific institutes, then I look at the US and I see bus systems that barely work, roads that are crumbling, bridges that are below safety grades, communications networks that are 30 years obsolete [unless of course you pay the ultra-super-duper premium, then you can get the same quality as what people in Europe get...for 50x the price]...
Our government has gotten lazy and complacent, a bunch of whores selling themselves to the highest bidders, who eagerly buy them up for the sake of ensuring their dominion rather than actually doing anything in the marketplace itself to secure such power and success.
So, yes, when the libertarians start talking about completely and totally cutting off the government from the private sector, I start nodding vigorously in agreement. Start with completely banning any kind of lobbyists and campaign contributions and make these corporate whores work for their fucking paycheck.
Capitalism is a fairly efficient system but the problem is is that wealth disparity was bound to happen. Cornering the market tends to result in very few having very much. Hence why we have so many problems with high-speed internet companies here in the US. there's no competition. You either choose to get DSL, or you choose to get cable...and the problem is, if you choose cable, there's exactly one (1) company to choose from. There's no incentive for competition because everyone's got their little established areas and it's an unsafe investment to go trying to encroach on the other guys because you'll have to offer more for less and if you can instead focus on just charging more for the same shit for the people who have no other choice, why bother? I hear people say things like "THEY'LL DO IT FOR THE PROFIT-MOTIVE!" I hate to say it but established corporations, like anyone who is wildly successful, become complacent and fucking lazy as shit. And because our federal laws haven't kept pace with the rise of corporations (and thanks to Citizens United they've actually gone BACKWARDS), they can buy out politicians to help ensure their domination. And ensured success, again, breeds laziness and complacency. Thus it is that established services in the US are old and out of date and inferior to the rest of the developed [and even large parts of the developing] world. Ever go to Japan? You'll notice that they are constantly in a furious techno-lock, always needing things to be modernized and of highest convenience, whereas you look around the US and everything's pretty much "just good enough," or "passable." I keep hearing about how the US is the "richest" nation in the world but I sure don't see it. I see our country having more rich people, sure, but what do I give a fuck about that? I look at Europe and see them with highly-advanced public transportation networks, highly-financed roads, efficient schooling systems, flourishing museums and scientific institutes, then I look at the US and I see bus systems that barely work, roads that are crumbling, bridges that are below safety grades, communications networks that are 30 years obsolete [unless of course you pay the ultra-super-duper premium, then you can get the same quality as what people in Europe get...for 50x the price]...
Our government has gotten lazy and complacent, a bunch of whores selling themselves to the highest bidders, who eagerly buy them up for the sake of ensuring their dominion rather than actually doing anything in the marketplace itself to secure such power and success.
So, yes, when the libertarians start talking about completely and totally cutting off the government from the private sector, I start nodding vigorously in agreement. Start with completely banning any kind of lobbyists and campaign contributions and make these corporate whores work for their fucking paycheck.
