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The only way for us to succeed in anything, is to ban money from government elections.
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"Those who think capitalism is about maximizing all revenue at this second are missing out on what it means to maximize revenue over time." Far to many things in today's world are described only in...
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"intellectual property" It's not just "intellectual property" specifically, it's anti-competitive laws generally. From government established broadcasting to cableco monopolies, government established...
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and the solution is for us to protest. Look at the protests against ACTA in other countries, why don't we have that here? Other countries take for granted that government will act self interestedly if...
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Do that and you'll invariably end up with something strongly resembling the fairness doctrine and that is just as foolish. Simply stop treating corporations as people and you solve the problem. They...
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"The only way for us to succeed in anything, is to ban money from government elections." You're confusing the symptom with the disease. Money in elections is the symptom. The disease is too much...
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It's even more simple than that. Capitalism is about making money, full stop. If you focus only on the short term and die due to disruption, you're simply a failed capitalist. Crony capitalism is as...
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Protests of government policies generally only work on things done within the two years before an election. That leaves senators safe 4/6 years and the president safe for half his term. The solution is...
View Article2nd generation leadership...
...seems to be where problems in keeping a company innovative and competitive happen. Founders start companies on vision and risk. If a company is successful, when leadership passes from the initial...
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Protesting is becoming ever more dangerous and harder to do in America. With H.R. 347 passed, it denies us our 1st amendment. I agree money is a symptom that it's the way our 2-party system works. Both...
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"The end result, then, is that we're not properly recognizing the benefits (or, indeed, the costs), because we're ignoring the vast majority of those in assuming that anything that doesn't involve...
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Actually, I think money is the disease. Crony capitalism, bribery (er, lobbying) and the rotating mill of government-corporate-government jobs are the symptoms. Move toward a true democracy with...
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Interesting viewpoint. I'm saying that political power invites people to spend money to get it. Without lots of discretion (power) for politicians, nobody would be interested enough in politics to...
View ArticleWhere does it start/end?
I'm wondering where companies like Amazon, Apple or Microsoft fit in with this? They were, as far as I can tell, originally looking at the big picture (charge less, keep people happy longer) but now...
View ArticleNot going public?
Seems like the stock market forces companies into focusing on the short-term, so perhaps we need to discourage companies from being publicly traded. And if we do that, it changes the nature of initial...
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I'm wondering where companies like Amazon, Apple or Microsoft fit in with this? They were, as far as I can tell, originally looking at the big picture (charge less, keep people happy longer) but now...
View ArticleRe: Not going public?
Seems like the stock market forces companies into focusing on the short-term, so perhaps we need to discourage companies from being publicly traded. That's actually quite true, though current laws...
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I also wonder if technology can also reduce the economies of scale so that there is less of an advantage to being a huge corporation. I'd like to think the future of energy will be localization as much...
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