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1. ∑ XahLee (xahlee)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 14:03:59 PST ∑ XahLee

   i read up on
   Ajit Pai (FCC chairman, who dismantled net neutrality)
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajit_Pai
   and i think he's a good guy.

   • Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 14:24:43 PST Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)

     in reply to
     @xahlee Comcast's stooge. Wait until $ISP decides to block Skype, Slack, or whatever VOIP/chat you use, to force you to buy a higher price bundle (including their own VOIP/chat service). Not good for the 'Net or the country. Or, you know, the people that the #FCC is supposed to be of, by, and for.
   • ∑ XahLee (xahlee)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 14:27:26 PST ∑ XahLee

     in reply to

     • Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)

     @lnxw48a1 well, that's just what you think.

     what will happen, we don't know.

     and, if it happens as you said, the problem isn't due to lack of regulation, it's somewhere else. Probably corruption, by, big corps, such as google , hillary, etc.

   • ∑ XahLee (xahlee)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 14:29:48 PST ∑ XahLee

     in reply to

     • Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)

     @lnxw48a1
     regulations arose, mostly by giant corporations, so they can keep things in control, keep making money, keep status quo.

   • ∑ XahLee (xahlee)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 14:31:30 PST ∑ XahLee

     in reply to

     • Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)

     @lnxw48a1 on the surface, we small guys, hear things, that these regulation and monopoly laws protects us. In fact, it's the opposite.

     Basic Economy.

     Reading Notes on Basic Economics
     http://wordyenglish.com/misc/basic_economics.html

     @mcscx@quitter.se likes this.
   • zoowar (zoowar)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 14:37:37 PST zoowar

     in reply to

     • Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
     Sadly, we already live in this world. Anyone who has purchased satellite television accepts tiered of content.
   • Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 14:39:49 PST Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)

     in reply to
     @xahlee Anti-monopoly laws do protect regular people. If you want to reduce regulations, there are plenty that are legitimately harmful. But these are not.
   • ∑ XahLee (xahlee)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 14:40:47 PST ∑ XahLee

     in reply to

     • Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)

     @lnxw48a1 i expected you to say that.

     read Basic Economics, i linked to before.

   • Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 15:42:42 PST Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)

     in reply to
     @xahlee Take "Intermediate Economics" (macro and micro) at your local Cal State University campus. You'll soon learn that things don't quite work that way.
   • Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 17:15:38 PST Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)

     in reply to
     @xahlee #1970s gas shortages were caused by a series of embargoes by the oil producers cartel (oligopoly) OPEC. I hope the rest of the book is not so wrong about such well-documented events.