The irony of the current malaise in the US to denigrate government, politicians, and a general knee-jerk rejection of any governmental proposed legislation is that if this idea, as in caps above, TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT, is taken to its logical end, the result would be in most cases opposite of what the writer initially wished to advocate.
The reductio ad absurdum to diminish goverment in these times would be to slide back into a kind of lassez-faire social Darwinism, meaning the repeal of the historical recent idea of intellectual property, copyrights, and the US Patent Office.
This would be ideal, and solve the "Napster Problem" by just putting everything out there for everyone to have. The RIAA parasites would have to go find another job, music would be truly democratic as one could find the music he enjoys, and not be limited the taste, constraints, pricing, and the distribution channels of the RIAA.
A social-psychological result would ensue as people would no longer know what music was cool as the top 50 lists and RIAA offerings to radio/TV would no longer exist, and people would have to decide for themselves what music they really liked.
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The reductio ad absurdum to diminish goverment in these times would be to slide back into a kind of lassez-faire social Darwinism, meaning the repeal of the historical recent idea of intellectual property, copyrights, and the US Patent Office.
This would be ideal, and solve the "Napster Problem" by just putting everything out there for everyone to have. The RIAA parasites would have to go find another job, music would be truly democratic as one could find the music he enjoys, and not be limited the taste, constraints, pricing, and the distribution channels of the RIAA.
A social-psychological result would ensue as people would no longer know what music was cool as the top 50 lists and RIAA offerings to radio/TV would no longer exist, and people would have to decide for themselves what music they really liked.