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Re:Nationalize the internet by legulere on Saturday November 25, 2017 @02:41PM (#15777567)
The alternative is that big corporations like Facebook and Google will control the internet, which seems way worse.
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Re:Nationalize the internet by pitaj on Saturday November 25, 2017 @02:54PM (#15777640)
There is competition and choices between big corporations, limited as they may be. There's only one government.
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Re:Nationalize the internet by JoshTriplett on Saturday November 25, 2017 @04:03PM (#15777964)
Concentrations of power are problematic no matter where they're concentrated. At least with those, you have options to avoid them or mitigate them, and they don't have the force of law behind them.
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