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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by jki275 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @12:36PM (#19097451)
I would argue that congresspeople are not experts in general in most (all in some cases?) domains, and make generally totally uninformed decisions that are designed to pander to a political base.

And lobbyists aren't experts either, they're simply paid to bribe people to get a result.

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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by throwawaymath on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:10PM (#19097839)
> And lobbyists aren't experts either, they're simply paid to bribe people to get a result.

This implies that the EFF does not have expertise in privacy and free speech. Would you agree with that?

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Re:Netflix Posted Biggest-Ever Profit in 2018 and Paid $0 in... by jki275 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @05:03PM (#19100552)
You're implying that EFF is typical of lobbyists. That's an untenable position.

EFF is probably the antithesis of most lobbyists, certainly the ones being discussed here.

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