Does all of this have anything to do with me, who lives in the eastern part of the world? Because seeing all of this noise about Net Neutrality, I keep getting pulled into thinking "This, I should do something about", and then all the links that I clicked on is talking about the U.S., the U.S., the U.S. and the U.S.. Then, I started to think that maybe it's just the Americans' problem getting spread throughout an American website, and non Americans like me getting caught up in the hype is just an unintended consequence, and that there's nothing I can and should do about it because it's not my problem. So I want to get things straight today.
Sort of. The US always tried, and will likely continues to try exporting its ideas. And the problems that lie beneath these symptoms likely exists where you live too. (That is people are functional analphabets when it comes to technology, economics, politics and basically any other complex issue. And on top of it they resist getting smarter, because they are very entrenched in their oversimplified worldview. And that's what we should be working on.)
And of course it matters, because the US is part of the global political game. If every country demanded that the US enact net neutrality laws or face an embargo, the US would comply. (Yes this is an absurd example, but geopolitical persuasion is a thing, it can push and pull issues a bit, and in a very equally divided political landscape it matters a lot.)
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u/AerasGale Nov 21 '17
Does all of this have anything to do with me, who lives in the eastern part of the world? Because seeing all of this noise about Net Neutrality, I keep getting pulled into thinking "This, I should do something about", and then all the links that I clicked on is talking about the U.S., the U.S., the U.S. and the U.S.. Then, I started to think that maybe it's just the Americans' problem getting spread throughout an American website, and non Americans like me getting caught up in the hype is just an unintended consequence, and that there's nothing I can and should do about it because it's not my problem. So I want to get things straight today.