Its important to note that many government granted monopolies are created to provide important services to all areas, not just those that are profitable.
For example, USPS delivers mail to all addresses. Competitors use USPS to deliver to remote locations.
They have their problems of course, but they also have their share of burdens competitors don't.
While I understand what you're saying, his deliberate choice is a form of self control.
"I don't have home internet" is more of a stand-in for "Removing the distraction of the internet is a working form of self control for me" than for "I don't have self control".
While it is ridiculous, your comparisons are also a little ridiculous. Product similarity is a large part of whether something is trademark infringing.
While Python is my language of choice, I'm happy Waterloo starts off with Racket (Scheme/Lisp family language). Very little syntax to learn and great for recursion. I'm not really qualified to comment whats best, I just know I enjoyed it.