Forgot the sharecropping aspect of that signed, long term contract, who to buy from, who to sell to
(the landowner) as well as being in debt to the landowner (ref in debt to the company store), no roaming allowed.
As well as little insentive to improve the land, paint,fix the house, neither for the sharecropper nor for the landowner.
The international problem in the 1700-1800s, and still today in some regions, with some local modificiations.
(length of leases, regulations on the contracts, how the lease is paid,etc)
One reason so many immigrated to US at the end of the 1800s, as well as one reason for the US disaster
of 1920s, "grape of wrath" (?), etc.. as well as continuation of that unspeakable earlier thing of US.
Evolved as a "free market" variation of the feudal system, caused many civil and other wars, directly or
indirectly.
Ilmarinen
Solved in finland with fairly large landreforms, in sweden by regulating the minimum lenght of the lease
(to give insentives for long term improvements by the sharecropper), one of the reasons for ending
the "priviledges" of the landowners, "death tax" to force productivity at least over some generations
(as well as have an army ready for the riots)
Other aspects, cost of terminating the lease (the SIM card, 0 in Finland), transferability of phone
number (next year), a minimum of 3-4 competing operators in every squarefoot of ether.
Or as sweden, regulation to set up a handset sharecropping contract as a handset lease, not as
a free handset (and higher monthly, per minute fees)
Basic free market capitalism, were at the moment, china is number one, europe number two, and USA last.
(europe mainly due to scandinavia, where handset "subsidies" are illegal, except for promoting, starting
new services and "locked handsets" would be a joke, would not even be according to the
GSM standard) |
