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Can anyone on the right tell me why I may be wrong
Trump isn't about conservative policy. Half the Obama policies he has undone (or tried to undo) weren't especially liberal or against libertarian or conservative points of view.
Maybe it's not about right vs left. It's about right vs wrong.
Many think the courts will prevent it if congress doesn't. But considering citizens united, and the more corporate friendly (right leaning) supreme court, I wouldn't count on it. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/opinion/courts-net-neutrality-fcc.html
On the bright side, look at verizon stock. It's price seems to reflect it not happening. If and when it appears that Trump's FCC will get away with this crime, we should see an instantaneous 20% bump in telecom stocks, at least.
Hey why should ISPs just be about providing internet service, when the internet access they are providing is:
1) So full of other business opportunities (and they could have so much control over internet traffic).
2) Something the government will be willing to pay (in one way or another) to have more control over
Watch what happens: transponder auto-pay
@Marcus try to stay on topic. The Trump = bad spin really takes away from the conversation, while making you appear petty as F.
We already have huge net neutrality issues coming from the anti free speech left.
Are you wrong to label trump right wing or are you wrong that his policies are anti-conservative? Choose.
Sure. Imagine one company owning all the best roads in a city.
I will say this. I'm starting to see Patrick's wisdom in making this more of a right wing forum. Hopefully AT&T and Verizon and the other internet rulers will look favorably on Patrick.net after our internet becomes more like China's. And let's face it, as the low income folks become greater in number, we're going to need to have greater control over how much of a voice they have. We've seen the power of the internet. It's not going to be possible to have a successful authoritarian regime that is supposedly democratic if internet neutrality survives.
Reddit has had thousands of posts on this topic in recent weeks. I guess the right wingers of Patrick.net are having a tough time finding a way to spin it as more Trumpian brilliance. I have faith in twoscoops though. He'll come up with an angle. At a minimum he shouldbe able to change the subject to how the libruls are really to blame for all the negative aspects of the internet.
"How Trump Will Turn America’s Open Internet Into an Ugly Version of China’s"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-trump-will-turn-americas-open-internet-into-an-ugly-version-of-chinas
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000005564560/what-is-net-neutrality.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/technology/fcc-net-neutrality.html?_r=0
https://www.thenation.com/article/if-trumps-fcc-repeals-net-neutrality-elites-will-rule-the-internet-and-the-future/
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