Re:Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after pr...
by Grimm1 on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @07:41PM
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> It is rare, in the US at least, for any representative or direct democratic situation to ask for unanimous consent. Someone will almost certainly disagree once you get past 1 voter (or one representative), and possibly they'll disagree with themselves.
Just because something passes by a margin of, let's say a hypothetical margin of 51/49, you're right that it didn't require unanimous consent but if you ignore the concerns of that other 49 and decide not to at least understand, represent parts of or compromise on certain aspects of an issue you're going to just create a situation of hostility for a large group of people that eventually leads to bigger issues.
As to your explanation/example, sure and I don't have an argument against that because I don't disagree with it. I would vote for municipal broadband and think the state is over stepping it's bounds here.
What's interesting about this case is that the municipalities have made moves towards this with their own money and efforts. And it is the state which is attempting to squash it, that is those around them. It would be as if you said to your neighbors, "I'm going to try and do something which will have zero impact on you, like eating more vegetables that I grow at home." Then they all gang up on you and deny you the right to grow and consume your own vegetables. If the action were harmful to you and your neighbors, like say you decided to make meth in your home, then it could be a reasonable response.
What about municipal broadband causes harm to those outside the community which wants it such that their representatives in the state legislature have any reasonable standing to try and bar it?