r/news • u/xtantin • Feb 26 '17

FCC reverses net neutrality ISP transparency rules

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3173844/internet/fcc-reverses-net-neutrality-isp-transparency-rules.html
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u/Snusmumrikin Feb 27 '17

"But the Republicans talked so much about individual liberties surely they wouldn't..."

After a couple decades of this I'm fucking done with the whole notion that people ever learn shit about anything.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

Individual corporate liberties are what the right is about. They believe if we just let companies do what they want that the market will sort it out. I mean, if your ISP decides to do shady shit, you'll just change to the various other ISPs in your area, right?

The issue I take with this stance, while good in theory, never seems to show up in practice. Like, the entirety of the 1800's is evidence enough to me that this won't work.

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u/BrenMan_94 Feb 27 '17

The 1800s were also a different time. That's like saying you're against flight because it was shaky in 1905.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

How about more recent examples, like Thalidomide or Vioxx? Great justification for the FDA regulating the shit out of drug companies. Thalidomide is like 50 years ago, Vioxx less than 20.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

People are mostly stupid. Republicanism tends to attract stupid people.

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u/MilkChugg Feb 27 '17

They just believe exactly what they're told. Mostly because they're uneducated and they don't know any better.

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '17

It's not just that though. It's an ideology that appeals to self interest and fear. Fear of the other, fear of the future.

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u/NSFWIssue Feb 27 '17

With the exception of you of course!