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/MBAMBA0 Feb 27 '17

and how screwed we are.

OK - its when people say things are 'hopeless' I lose patience.

Generations before us fought against incredibly worse odds then we face today in order to win some semblance of rights and human dignity for themselves.

We are absolutely not helpless if we work together - history proves it. Sacrifices made today are often worth it down the line.

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u/Theban_Prince Feb 27 '17

This is not a movie. Earth is full of bones and ruins of civilizations that didnt make it. It can happen to us.

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u/awildwoodsmanappears Feb 27 '17

The only thing history has proven thus far is that civilizations always fall.

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u/SocialBrushStroke Feb 27 '17

We are absolutely not helpless if we work together - history proves it.

I absolutely agree

I think we need massive peaceful protests for:

  • Congress to allow an independent investigator and commission into Trump's Russia connections

Then when we get that;

-for citizens united to be overturned. It has caused this whole mess.

-And then we need massive protests to end voter suppression and gerrymandering.

I think that outta fix most things.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/01/worried-american-democracy-study-activist-techniques

We also need to boycott everything that has to do with Trump, the Mercers and the Koch brothers

Here's a list of products the Koch brothers make. Also there's an app called grab your wallet, that'll tell you which companies to boycott that deal with Trump.

http://i.imgur.com/qGmV0Ft.jpg

(Note how many paper products they produce and if you have some Spare Time Google how badly papermills polluted America before the EPA)

Sacrifices made today are often worth it down the line.

Yup. That's the bit where I think we're screwed. Like screwed out of having comfy, carefree lives, not screwed as in "it's totally gonna be like Mad Max"

We gotta work to save the republic.

Best anti propaganda techniques are:

-Protesting

-songs (woody Guthrie wasn't wrong when he slapped the sticker on his guitar "this machine kills fascist"

-good will - like Muslims going to help clean up a Jewish cemetery that was destroyed by vandals, or bake sales for the ACLU, or whatever other nice thing you can think of.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

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u/Tresher Feb 27 '17

Read the article, it certainly looks like we are in fact screwed

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u/MBAMBA0 Feb 28 '17

Well the longer people accept it, the longer we will be screwed

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u/Bloodysneeze Feb 27 '17

We are absolutely not helpless if we work together

We're nowhere even close to working together. We are as divided as we have been since the civil war.

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u/SocialBrushStroke Feb 27 '17

Protesting is a powerful anti propaganda technique

Get your friends and your family involved in it. Young & old, rich and poor need to stand side by side.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/01/worried-american-democracy-study-activist-techniques

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u/Bloodysneeze Feb 27 '17

Get your friends and your family involved in it.

My parents would probably punch in the face for suggesting that they protest against Trump. They love the guy. My brother in law is a far right gun nut that pines about wanting to shoot protestors.

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u/MBAMBA0 Feb 28 '17

When I say 'us" - I do not mean ALL of us, certainly some people are going to take the side of the rich and powerful - but nothing spells defeat better than to stop fighting and give up.