tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352395970681996095.post8577887195267357156..comments2024-01-27T00:20:30.239-08:00Comments on Casa Cognito: Why Does America Hate Free Market Capitalism?Swellsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05593178312657435749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352395970681996095.post-60197079891442099152011-05-15T20:26:40.809-07:002011-05-15T20:26:40.809-07:00As to the first point, yes you are of course corre...As to the first point, yes you are of course correct and this is something that I've seen argued before when it comes to internet service penetration in the United States: that we are just too big a country to make it as economically feasible as it is in small countries, like South Korea or Lithuania. And there is, of course, something to this and perhaps it explains why we don't have a great deal of high-speed internet service in Wyoming, or Montana, or the Dakotas. But it doesn't explain why we can't have high-speed access in New York, or Chicago, or Miami, or Charlotte,or RDU, or Atlanta, or, or, or etc. etc. etc. I think this point is underscored by the fact that the service providers we are discussing are not national providers but are instead regional providers.<br /><br />As for the second point, I am not sure what to make of that. "Lithuania is a modern country structured around a knowledge-based economy . . . . ." and, what, the United States is not?<br /><br />'Cause if that is the case, then I've been listening to the wrong politicians/social engineers for about 20 years. My understanding was that we were leaving behind that old school, old hat idea of actually manufacturing goods and now we were moving into the new Information Age. Were they all lying to me?Swellsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593178312657435749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5352395970681996095.post-4100780925699005212011-05-15T15:04:06.023-07:002011-05-15T15:04:06.023-07:00Two points. First, Lithuania is 25,174 square mil...Two points. First, Lithuania is 25,174 square miles while the United States is 3.79 million square miles, about 150 times larger. Easy to build a high speed system in a small area. Secondly, Lithuania is a modern country structured around a knowledge-based economy, so high speed internet makes sense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06411954902917229743noreply@blogger.com