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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by pmyteh on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:22PM (#15925884)
That's because you don't get to choose your issues one at a time. You get to choose a basket of issue positions at the same time as a legislator's personality. Normally from a choice of two.
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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by loeg on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:30PM (#15925976)
> You get to choose a basket of issue positions at the same time as a legislator's personality.

And this is at best -- it assumes your elected representative even holds their campaign promises, which is maybe a long shot.

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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by knz on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:31PM (#15925994)
Indeed. However, most politicians take their election as a mandate for all of their public positions.
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Re:F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules by pmyteh on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:35PM (#15926042)
Yes. Mandate theory is a convenient fiction with basically no basis.
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