The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official

Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by djsumdog on Monday June 11, 2018 @12:31PM (#17285740)

I really agree with this analogy. We are in such a weird state in America because we think Capitalism is some kind of natural state where everyone plays fair, when the reality is, the State has always had to regulate competition to make sure it's actually competitive.

The US broke up AT&T, American Standard Oil, US Steel and several others:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_antit...

Galloway has a great talk about why we should break up big tech, because that's how capitalism is suppose to work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NyFRIgulPo

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Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by lovich on Monday June 11, 2018 @12:43PM (#17285909)

I don't think we disagree? The railroads were forcibly regulated by the government so that they no longer had that power. The government is back stepping on that view when it comes to Net Neutrality.

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Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by hexane360 on Monday June 11, 2018 @02:42PM (#17287124)

"I really agree with this analogy."

I agree that you two don't disagree.

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Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by lovich on Monday June 11, 2018 @03:20PM (#17287580)

No idea how that happened, could swear it said disagree at first

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Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official by Florin_Andrei on Monday June 11, 2018 @07:01PM (#17289369)

TLDR: The attractor for the "free market" as a dynamical system is a few supergiants lording it over the vast multitudes. A steady stream of corrections is needed to make sure the system doesn't end up in that particular ditch.

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