Are you really surprised that someone like Krugman would argue
"seems hard at this point to envision search and related functions as public utilities, but that’s arguably where the logic will eventually lead us."
That is the "logical conclusion" for people of his ilk.
And I'm not surprised by the first comment that I found on the article:
It is the height of capitalist folly to insist that a profit-seeking corporation is the right form of organization for operating facitilites that become essential global public utilities.
Why of course. This guy is just random article commenter, but you know your average, hardcore leftist thinks the same way. Facebook must come under UN or some other quasi-governmental control. It needs to be controlled. Well, duh...
"seems hard at this point to envision search and related functions as public utilities, but that’s arguably where the logic will eventually lead us."
That is the "logical conclusion" for people of his ilk.
And I'm not surprised by the first comment that I found on the article:
It is the height of capitalist folly to insist that a profit-seeking corporation is the right form of organization for operating facitilites that become essential global public utilities.
Why of course. This guy is just random article commenter, but you know your average, hardcore leftist thinks the same way. Facebook must come under UN or some other quasi-governmental control. It needs to be controlled. Well, duh...