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Re:Keep the Internet Open by mehaveaccount on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:13PM (#13871530)
> the death of Net Neutrality would be the best competitive moat imaginable for Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. While all their CEOs will make faint noises in favor of Net Neutrality, SV outspends Wall Street 2:1 on lobbying[1], the goal of which is to cement monopoly status, not to make the world a better place. Most of it goes to Republicans.

The leaders of Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc are NOT Republicans. Most of them are pro-immigration, pro-abortion, and pro-gay marriage.

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Re:Keep the Internet Open by drewrv on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:17PM (#13871564)
Most of all, they are pro getting rich(er). They wouldn't be where they are today if that was not their top priority in life.
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Re:Keep the Internet Open by jacquesm on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:19PM (#13871575)
In fairness to some I believe the occasional stroke of luck does happen and people win fortune even if that was not the top priority in their lives.
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Re:Keep the Internet Open by mehaveaccount on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:19PM (#13871578)
True, I always wonder what it must be like to be those billionaires because I would have retired after my first 10 million.
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Re:Keep the Internet Open by omegaham on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @09:14PM (#13873050)
I think that if you have the drive to get to that point, you have a mindset that's not going to be satisfied with quitting.

It's like the folks who work extremely hard at amateur sports. They're not going to be content with placing in the top 100. "Welp, I made the top 100. What a ride. Alright, I'm good. I'll keep cycling, but I'm not going to be training as hard anymore." They're looking at what they need to do to get into the top 50.

Why does Paul Graham do what he does? He didn't even need to start Y Combinator. After Y Combinator had a bunch of success, he could have retired then, too. He's still plugging away. I assume he gets fulfillment from winning in a competitive marketplace, because he could, at any point, say, "Wait, why am I bothering with this? I'm rich!"

The fact that he's still working is an indicator that for some people, work and business is just as fulfilling as, say, backpacking and weightlifting is for me.

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Re:Keep the Internet Open by patrickmclaren on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:21PM (#13871590)
The parent comment didn't make the case that the CEOs of these companies are Republicans - they were referring to the beneficiaries of the lobbying.
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Re:Keep the Internet Open by dang on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @03:10PM (#13878862)
Please don't post unsubstantive comments. If you have a point to make, make it thoughtfully; otherwise please don't post. Comments need to be more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic grows more divisive.
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Re:Keep the Internet Open by mehaveaccount on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:20PM (#13871582)
>"pro-abortion" lol.

heartless thing to laugh about

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Re:Keep the Internet Open by cortesoft on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:36PM (#13871676)
He is laughing at your loaded word choice - no one is 'pro-abortion', they are 'pro-choice'.
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Re:Keep the Internet Open by mehaveaccount on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @05:42PM (#13871730)
Same thing, and abortion is nothing to laugh about
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Re:Keep the Internet Open by hueving on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @06:00PM (#13871868)
Why is it loaded? It's the choice to have an abortion.

It's like claiming 'pro-gun' is a loaded word when the supporters want people to have the choice to own a gun.

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Re:Keep the Internet Open by cortesoft on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @01:22PM (#13877890)
I think 'pro-gun' is a bit different.... in fact, I think a better analogy would be people who want citizens to have the right to use a gun in self-defense against an intruder. You wouldn't say the person who is in favor of legal self-defense is 'pro-shooting-people', they just want people to have the right to do it if they need to. Someone who is 'pro-choice' doesn't want everyone to go out and have abortions every day, they want a woman to have the right to one if they need it.
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Re:Keep the Internet Open by mehaveaccount on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @02:30PM (#13878522)
>I think 'pro-gun' is a bit different....

One rule for me, another for thee

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Re:Keep the Internet Open by dang on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @03:09PM (#13878856)
Would you please stop using HN for political or ideological battle? We ban accounts that mostly do that. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html

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Re:Keep the Internet Open by mehaveaccount on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @07:14PM (#13880822)
I'm not.
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