FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose the sites customers see

Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by marsrover on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @04:27PM (#15751734)

The other day I was sitting at home with my family. My parents, two siblings and my grandma, who moved from Germany after WW2.

My parents and siblings are sitting around talking about how Trump is going to save America. My brother mentions how a guy in town (also a Trump supporter) said he's a fascist. I'm sitting on the other side of the table and my grandma is looking down at her plate not saying anything. She's about 80 years old at this point.

I can't help but think she knows we're about to go through it all over again.

Edit: I don't think Trump is Hitler but I do think we are losing freedoms. I'm also not trying to even argue that it's Trumps fault. This was just an observation about my surroundings. I felt it relevant due to the seeming zealotry of my family and their lack of questioning certain decisions and outcomes coupled with the fact that today it looks like we lost more freedom due to that mindset.

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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by vim_wannabe on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @04:41PM (#15751865)

So a lad knows a guy who says he is a fascist and also a Trump supporter, which means Trump is a fascist.

But what does that have to do with the FCC saying they will not use their authority on Internet service providers?

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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by Velchronus on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @05:47PM (#15752348)

To give you my own anecdote, both my grandparents lived under fascism and both happily voted for Trump. It was the first time my grandfather voted in 40 years. I'd never seen him so excited to go to the voting booth before.

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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by rubicon33 on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @05:14PM (#15752106)

This tends to happen with striking regularity in societies when wealth begins to consolidate in the hands of a few and the middle class' buying power declines year after year.

Like a fever, it's a sign that our country is sick. If we let the fever take over it will kill us. If we treat the underlying problem we can survive. We MUST solve the problem of wealth disparity or mark my words - it will be our undoing.

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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by gfodor on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @06:14PM (#15752598)

I guess you should ask her if she thinks we are about to go through the 40s or the 60s again.

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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by deusofnull on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @04:58PM (#15751992)

"not if anything to say about it, I do" - Yoda

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Re:FCC plan would give Internet providers power to choose th... by Coincoin on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @04:58PM (#15751986)

While everybody is busy yelling and flailing about how Trump has small hands and is literally Hitler, those policies, that will have an actual day to day impact on everybody, go through unchallenged.

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