re: FCC plans to vote to overturn U.S. net neutrality rules in December

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The problem is it's not a true free market. These are regionally granted monopolies that have the clout to even stop local municipalities from competing against them. If you're going to give them no NN you at the very least have to take away their lobbying to limit competition.

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Exactly. I was sure before this time last year that we didn’t live in a Democracy but an Oligarchy, but Trump’s election put my certainty in some doubt. But if this happens, then yeah I’ll be pretty sure we’re living in one again.