One of my favorite sayings about socialism is:<\/p>\n
“When you give away something for free, there will always be infinite demand and never be enough supply”.<\/p>\n
So welcome to the brave new world.\u00a0\u00a0 I don’t want or need your money – but when people don’t “pay” for stuff they get, they don’t appreciate it – and when it is withdrawn, they can become resentful to loss of their entitlement.<\/p>\n
The currency of the realm in the new StreamingRadioGuide is “points”.\u00a0\u00a0 They still have no monetary value, but they now have a tangible value.\u00a0\u00a0 Think of this as a case study in what the future of the United States will be like.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Perhaps other people will fill the void giving away free Cheeze.\u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps someone will create something this useful and fund it by monetizing their click streams.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe only 20 people think this is worth “paying” for.<\/p>\n
The first tangible sign of my new “paradigm”\u00a0 (I hate that word) is that streaming-radio.php – the page that lists all radio stations of a particular genre – now requires you to be logged in.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you want to “Sort by Show Name”, which seems to have been popular (and hammered the server), you now must have 1,000,000 volunteer points.\u00a0\u00a0 That number might change in the future – but it’s a trial balloon.<\/p>\n
If I wind up with only 5 people using the system, then so be it.\u00a0\u00a0 Time will tell if America is really ready to undo socialism and start over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of my favorite sayings about socialism is: “When you give away something for free, there will always be infinite demand and never be enough supply”. So welcome to the brave new world.\u00a0\u00a0 I don’t want or need your money … Continue reading