Re: The Monolith (was: As long as everyone else is doing it...)

["R Tennenbaum"]

May I politely request that we not discuss politics on the list? In
the interests of my health. Sometimes, like now, I'm having breakfast
when I read my e-mail, and it's very bad for my digestion to see things
like this.

Thanks,

Rafe T.

On Tue, 20 Oct 1998 00:33:43 -0400 (EDT), Harry Binswanger wrote:

>Now you're on my turf, meaning no disrespect. :) "Freedom" means
>the absence of physical force. The fact that people *freely
>choose* Microsoft (or anything else) does not coerce anyone into
>anything. Equating physical force with merely not being provided
>with what one wishes is a major and devasting equivocation that
>whitewashes *actual* physical force, as under a dictatorship.
>
>Microsoft is not a "monopoly" in the proper meaning of that
>term--a market from which competition has been banned by legal
>priviliges granted one or more sellers. The post office is a
>monopoly. The taxi industry in NYC is one--even though there are
>17,000 cabs: the government prevents entry by threat of jail.