Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
by Fargren on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:04PM
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It really won't. See Brazil. The president was elected with less support than that[0], and they are overhauling nothing. Don't think that things would be different in USA, don't fall to American exceptionalism. I recommend that you take a few minutes and honestly ask yourself what is different in the USA that would cause such a poor election to have a different consequence. A 10% will be taken as a sign of apathy, not of opposition, and as an opportunity to do whatever because people clearly don't care.
[0]https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Brazils-Michel-Temer-...
Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules
by brandonmenc on Thursday December 14, 2017 @06:06PM
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I'm not "falling to American exceptionalism" - I just don't think that because something happened once, in another country, in a particular way, means that it'll happen exactly the same way, in every other country, forever.
I'll take my chances.
At some point, a president will be elected with only like, 10% of the population having actually voted for them, and that'll be a crisis that forces us to overhaul some things.