Re: My Dinner With Marc Andreessen

On Mon, 8 Jul 2024 12:22:16 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote in
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On Mon, 8 Jul 2024, vallor wrote:
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On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 12:31:05 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote in
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As for the natural state of the system in a free market, it is not
oligopoly. It is a diverse set of millions and millions of companies.
One company governing all of earth would collapse the same way as big
governments (and I'm thinking world government) collapses due to
inefficient organization.
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The free market is self organizing and decentralised, and that is the
natural state of it, without government creating and helping the
behemoths we have today.

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We should also do away with referees on soccer pitches, because the

games

will self organize.

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You have never played football without a judge? I've played plento of
self-organized football games. Some games self-organize with a judge

some

without.
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Seriously, I have just 2 comments:
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1) The bigotry from "Anonymous" was uncalled for, and
2) "free markets" are not to be desired.  _FAIR_ markets, are.

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See the article I sent, that shows why 1 and 2 are wrong.

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So you condone the bigotry.  Ad hominem fallacy #1.
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You can't have a fair market without fair referees...and there's the

rub.

_Some_ regulation is necessary.

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Incorrect. I've made 100s of thousands if not more without judges and
referees. Let me guess... you are not running your own company, right?

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So you refer to my personal circumstances as if it had any bearing on
my arguments. Ad hominem fallacy #2.
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Now, it's true that my business partner and I started a company in 1994
that is still going strong after 30 years, one with over 750 employees
last time I checked.  And it's true that I speak from experience,
because we are an ISP fighting two "elephants" in the market that
continue their regulatory capture -- where we have fought for a
fairer market.
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But again, referring to my personal circumstances only means you
have a loose grasp of logic, and are prone to logical fallacies.
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I'll let you try again to make an argument without your disgusting
bigotry or logical fallacies -- if you dare.
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And I'm not even going to approach a discussion of natural monopolies
with respect to last-mile Internet or operating system
standards -- at least, not with you, until you recognize
your logical lapses.