>>>consider the enormous monopolistic power that the broadcast and cable industries have seized over broadcast frequencies which are, after all, a public asset
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>No different from the financial system that is owned by the citizenry who tolerate parasites who almost capsized the system in pursuit of unnatural rewards in exchange for nothing of value. We allow these behaviors because the alternative requires hard decisions, even revolution, and we can't be bothered. Yet.
Aren't we generous! :)