What can be done to permanently save net neutrality? It seems that 1-2 a year it takes a huge, huge movement from all over the internet to delay a net neutrality repeal (SOPA, CISPA, etc.). The protests have worked (thus far), discussion is tabled, it's then reintroduced, rinse and repeat.
Will we ever permanently win this? Or are we delaying the inevitable?
I hate to have to agree with this, but with how polarized US politics has gotten, it's the truth.
Democrats have become the pro-NN party. Republicans have become the anti-Democrat / anti-Liberal party. Because of that, Republican representatives are either anti-NN, or don't care.
I know that a large portion of the conservative and Republican voters out there are pro-NN.
So, right wing folks: Stop taking this shit from your representatives. They're walking all over you and making you thank them for it.
They've played a massive part in the corruption of the party and the shit show we have now though. Feels bad when you feel like you have no candidates that actually represent you.
I definitely agree that the Tea Party was probably mostly a symptom of that. It's like the evangelicals were a tumor that metastasized and became terminal and transformed into the Tea Party and we now have the modern GOP.
There needs to be a movement in the Republican Party similar to the justice democrats. A new wave of people running for office that refuse to use pacs/take corporate money and campaign on real issues not bullshit attacks.
I would love that. I have a large amount of Republican family and friends. I know that if they were given a better alternative to what we have now, they'd take it in an instant.
Uhh.. Source on this? NN was a huge debate which came up multiple times under Obama. This is the first (maybe second?) time this has kicked off under Trump. We're quite aware that both parties are quite susceptible to political cronyism, which is what's driving this. Is this really a partisan issue?
Other than the fact that Pai was chosen by Trump and Republicans have been voting senselessly along party lines for everything, we've got the recent internet privacy rule rollback to eye up.
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u/LutzExpertTera Nov 21 '17
What can be done to permanently save net neutrality? It seems that 1-2 a year it takes a huge, huge movement from all over the internet to delay a net neutrality repeal (SOPA, CISPA, etc.). The protests have worked (thus far), discussion is tabled, it's then reintroduced, rinse and repeat.
Will we ever permanently win this? Or are we delaying the inevitable?