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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by mozumder on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @10:27PM (#13982815)
Government is just one, and it represents 300 million people.

And what's the problem? Everyone wants to be a king. Government's job is to make sure no one is, with a social contract.

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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by defined on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @10:36PM (#13982865)
Except when the government effectively becomes, collectively, the king, and represents nothing more than their royal self-interest. Which is how I see things going in the USA, for all intents and purposes.
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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by mozumder on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:10PM (#13983032)
Government is always the king. That's their job.

And, in a Democracy, the self-interest of government is the public's interests.

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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by virmundi on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:55PM (#13983259)
Minor point, in a well functioning Democracy the self interest is the people. I don't think we have that right now.
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