Deregulation is fine. Lawless amorality isn’t.

When it comes to the internet, free means nothing. Welcome to a deregulated world

We shouldn’t regulate innovation, the arts or entrepreneurial spirit. But we definitely need to regulate human beings. This is obvious whether you’re for Bentham, Hobbes, Dahrendorf or Worsthorne…but not at all among Harmanites.

The problem with the anti-regulation crowd is that they have an agenda called ‘I wanna be rich and I don’t care how I do it’. If you think deregulated banking was appalling, the internet is the fastest way on earth to show you what a deregulated world would be like. There is an anti-spyware cowboy outfit out there called Stopzilla. If there’s one thing world truly needs right now, it’s to stop Stopzilla. This is how they work:

1. Our product is FREE…
2….until you run it. Then it’s $9.95…
3…until you reach the checkout. Then it’s $39.95…
4…but you can get your SPECIAL thirty bucks rebate by snailmail…
5….until you want to get rid of ALL the things Stopzilla says it’ll stop..
6…..at which point it;s $69.95….
7….until you get to the checkout, when it’s $69.95…
8…..when it’s $99.95, with SPECIAL $30 (see earlier at 4.)

There are dozens of reputable companies out there, so give Ripoffzilla a miss. (And another tip: genuinely free protection won’t get rid of enough. This is one time when you’re better off paying).