“But, it’s a private company.”
Aren’t they publicly owned?
And they use cell towers, which like all other communication towers/antennas are regulated by the FCC
“Aren’t they publicly owned?”
No, they are privately owned. Publicly traded, but privately owned.
“But, it’s a private company.”Aren’t they publicly owned?It is owned by shareholders. Shareholders are people, and they are not agents of the government.I quote that to you because you used the term “public” in an ambiguous sense. “Society” is a different thing than “government.” “Liberals” like to use “society” or “public” as euphemisms for government.SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins.Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness;Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one . . .the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices.
The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions.
The first is a patron, the last a punisher.
For were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform and irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other lawgiver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest . . . — Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)