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Re:How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astrono... by ballooney on Thursday August 27, 2020 @05:19PM (#24298810)
This should be the top comment. It’s an especially prevalent view in the USA that bad politics is a law of physics and the only solutions are madly technological. It’s not true as many other parts of the world prove. You can just have a not-insane ISP/telco regulatory system if you so choose. (see also healthcare, food/agricultural standards, water quality, online privacy... all choices).
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Re:How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astrono... by ardy42 on Thursday August 27, 2020 @06:19PM (#24299323)
> It’s an especially prevalent view in the USA that bad politics is a law of physics and the only solutions are madly technological. It’s not true as many other parts of the world prove. You can just have a not-insane ISP/telco regulatory system if you so choose. (see also healthcare, food/agricultural standards, water quality, online privacy... all choices).

I agree. However it's going to be a tough nut to crack because that belief is self-reinforcing. People who believe the government can't do anything right also seem to advocate policies that make the government more ineffective, which provides false confirmation of the initial belief.

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Re:How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astrono... by apacheCamel on Thursday August 27, 2020 @07:09PM (#24299698)
It is also very hard to change regulations whenever the ISPs are deep in the pockets of the same people making those regulations.
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