F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules

Post by lcfcjs2 » Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 6:42 PM UTC

bjt2n3904 wrote: post #120

Common response on HN for the past two months has been nothing short of hyperbolic. "The world will end if NN is repealed". Speaking as a conservative: When Obama was president, I got told the same thing about the ACA. The world will end, the sky is falling, America is finished. But eight years later, here I am, nothing's that much worse. I have no reason to believe this is "the beginning of the end" of anything. Lif…

Post by scrollaway » Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 6:42 PM UTC

rkuykendall-com wrote: post #110

jackfrodo wrote: post #36

This has made me feel pretty damn powerless, as pretty much every site/person of significance has stated their opposition to such a repeal, and yet they went through it anyway. Just a gut feeling that our democracy isn't working properly when such a loud and clear, great majority of the population messaging is completely ignored.

> our democracy isn't working properly Democracy doesn't work through public declarations, it works through elections. One year ago, the states chose Donald Trump as president, knowing they he would end Net Neutrality [1]. If a population wants to send a different message, they must do it in the next election [2]. [1] https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/53260835850816716... [2] https://swingleft.org/

Post by InitialLastName » Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 6:43 PM UTC

zavi wrote: post #23

phkahler wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He did run on "drain the swamp" which meant getting rid of people that do things like this. The problem is that people believed him.

"Drain the swamp" means different things to different people.

Post by microcolonel » Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 6:43 PM UTC

jcadam wrote: post #118

omginternets wrote: post #14

Europe has it's problems, but I don't regret moving to London. Not one bit. The innovation here is real and tangible, by and large unencumbered by this kind of crap.

Whenever I become angry about something here in the US and look into emigrating (mostly looking at first-world English speaking countries: CAN, UK, NZ, etc.), my research usually turns up compelling evidence that no country with any sort of socialized health care system (which is pretty much anywhere in the developed world) will accept a person with special needs children. So I'm stuck here, for good or bad.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 14, 2017, 6:43 PM UTC

mancerayder wrote: post #89

awinder wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Non-voters / people on the “there’s no difference” train also deserve a moment of reflection about whether their reality is true.

We live in an electoral system. For almost all of the states of the U.S. it's actually factually correct that there's no difference for whom you vote in the Presidential elections. In many locations, it also doesn't matter who you vote for in Congressional ones thanks to gerrymandering drawing boundary lines around you before you even get to the polls. We can discuss ideologically what the differences are between the…