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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

a pure Free Market system would be terrable

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

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

Socialism to some degree is good

not to a major degree

but complete free market does not work long term

I think it's important to recognize

The legitimate role of government

Also

Complete free market has never been tried

And no one actually wants it to be

And never will

because it will fail

Yes

But at the same time

A large degree of it

Is absolutely necessary

Oh, do not get me wrong. I agree, capitalism is the best system we have made so far

True communism has never been tried Kappa