Quote:Utilities really don't affect anything. Nobody makes you buy cable, internet, or even electricity and other utilities for that matter. If you choose not to buy them, you don't. If enough people choose not to buy, then the laws of capitalism say that the provider will change until people start buying again. Utilities are not exempt. They may be harder to make fit the equation, but the fact is that they still do. They fall under the laws of capitalism perfectly.

 

Nice try - but fail.

 

Utilities are exempt. About one hundred years ago it was determined that once a service became a virtual necessity - i.e., utilities - they would not be treated as most services are under capitalism. Thus we have regulatory agencies involving utilities.

 

I wouldn't be surprised that at some point in the future high-speed internet joins the group of "utilities" and is controlled and regulated by government, within a generally capitalist framework. 

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