general

To control the internet

That's what I'm told

and internet service providers

O_o

Government is bad, corperations are not any better

^tbh

I just want the internet to remain the wild west, but that will never happen

I'd rather have the internet a free market system

Than controlled by the government

At least we get to hold the government accountable with our votes to an extent

Corporations can form monopolies

We cant hold the government accountable anywhere near as well as we can a corporation

Corperations can have control over the internet when I can collapse a corperation for being retards

The main thing ive heard people talk about net neutrality being a good thing

is for

the internet will never be a free market

Corporations who can throttle speeds on specific websites

Let's say AT&T or whatever internet company decided to stop letting people access

Fox News

Having no net neutrality would have been a reasonable arguement when the internet started before the tech giants took over

its too late now

.com

They'd get obliterated

Everyone would no longer buy their service

there is no competitaion, and there never will be unless the internet is destroyed and rebuilt

That's how the free market works

no

monopolies destroyed the chance of non regulated internet i guess

Let's say the government throttles all internet to foxnews.com

No one can do a damn thing

Most governments want to be reelected though

Corporations do what they can to be profitable and employ people

thats the thing

most places have access to only one service provider for cable

The government does what it does

So do corperations

to increase the power of the people in charge of it

do you honestly think corperations will not fuck over just as many people to squeeze out every penny they can

also

If they try to do that

Another company will raise prices to get more business

It's pretty basic actually

Net neutrality

theere has to be some regulations

So with your logic a new video streaming website is gonna come along and axe off youtube for being shit

REduces the number of ISP's

Oh wait

And available companies

That works when we do not have what, 10 companies who control everything now?

or is it less

they keep merging

I think a good relevant example

Is Obamacare

It has a very similar sentiment

The amount of health insurance providers available now

And trump is looking to deal with obamacare

is WAY lower than before

obamacare was torpedo'd before it was born

Which actually benefits insurance companies

Because they can then price gouge

He was probably elected in part because people were dissatisfied

When you encourage competition

I mean, there is the problem that obama was a fucking corperatist

The invisible hand of the economy works well

Obama is a socialist

That's the problem

no

he, clinton, et al are corperatists

and was called what it is by the people to torpedo'd it to ruin obamas image

They run on a very

Anti-rich

Anti business

message

yes

run and act

Which is a socialist message

are different

government redistribution of wealth

And assuming control of the means of production

Through major tariffs, taxes, etc