[quote=Vortex]
Bigger government does not nesscessarily result in something like this. This is simply corruption which can take place in everything. Anyway, better this than letting it fall into the hands of Corporations no?
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No, actually, because corporations can't use force. I could take a dump on Mark Zuckerberg's desk and all he could do would be the same that any other joe schmuck could do. A small goverment would maintain the monopoly on force and would be less valuable to the rich and powerful, so they wouldn't buy Congressmen so often. This is the product of letting goverment control a larger share of our lives. An equivalent to this in the 1940s would have been cause for impeachment.