Governments have been rickrolled by lobbyists far too much for far too long. The govt is for the people so therefore the people get rickrolled. That's the idea.
A friend of mine worked for a tech company (Plessies ?) back in the 1980s, when fibre-optic was getting attention. They [Plessies] tendered for a FO network which was to cost in the 10s of millions at that time. At least, the beginnings of a major network, even before Internet. Obviously, if that had been done at the time, Australia would/could have been world leaders in this area.
An important milestone was crushed to dust as the Government greased their behinds in acceptance of the aforementioned lobbyists. i.e. The monopoply that is now know as Telstra.
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Governments have been rickrolled by lobbyists far too much for far too long. The govt is for the people so therefore the people get rickrolled. That's the idea. A friend of mine worked for a tech company (Plessies ?) back in the 1980s, when fibre-optic was getting attention. They [Plessies] tendered for a FO network which was to cost in the 10s of millions at that time. At least, the beginnings of a major network, even before Internet. Obviously, if that had been done at the time, Australia would/could have been world leaders in this area. An important milestone was crushed to dust as the Government greased their behinds in acceptance of the aforementioned lobbyists. i.e. The monopoply that is now know as Telstra.