Cable lobby and Ted Cruz are disappointed as FCC bans digital discrimination::FCC will investigate ISP practices that discriminate by income level or race.
“(this decision) is not compatible with the fundamental concept of free market capitalism” Sounds to me like they’re admitting that free market capitalism is bad for the people.
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 7 months ago
if they are going to fight regulation this bad, maybe we just need to declare it a utility and strip the profit motive from these profits-over-humanity asssssssholes
Fades@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Maybe? It is a damn utility. Just another key national service trapped behind the claws of capitalist scum
Guy_Fieris_Hair@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Can we declare Healthcare a utility?
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Happened mostly everywhere else in the world. Problem is, they now try to errode that as well.
SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Man, that is a such a good idea…it will never happen. Because it’s a good idea.
Infynis@midwest.social 7 months ago
I think there was some effort, back in like 2010, to try to get the government to go into the market like a business, and just out compete the actual cable companies. Obviously, nothing ever came of that on a national level, but there are some local governments doing it. My grandpa is the township commissioner for a little township in northern Michigan, and he’s been working on getting it for his township for a while. I think they just started rolling it out recently
thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Been trying for twenty years. The Internet is still pretty fly by night for most people. Flash in the pan, nobody will ever use it for anything important.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Draw up the proposition and I’ll sign it