Re: Who do you trust?
I agree with Pournelle, at least in the way you've summarized him. In fact, I find little difference between government and business bureaucrats, having worked for both, and BEEN both, in the past. The only solution is to rely on the profit motive for innovation and motivation and public service and politics for regulation and supervision. It's not easy and it doesn't always work, but it has worked well for this country in the past and I say we should stick with it. Reconciling the tension between corporate greed and government tyranny is the role of politics.
But when people tell me I don't believe in "freedom" because I don't believe them I have no problem telling them I want no part of their freedom.