Conversation

Notices

1. ∑ XahLee (xahlee@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 17:03:59 EST ∑ 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.

   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 17:24:43 EST 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.
      1. ∑ XahLee (xahlee@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 17:27:26 EST ∑ XahLee

         in reply to

         @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.

         1. ∑ XahLee (xahlee@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 17:29:48 EST ∑ XahLee

            in reply to

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

            1. ∑ XahLee (xahlee@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 17:31:30 EST ∑ XahLee

               in reply to

               @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

               1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 17:39:49 EST 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.
                  1. ∑ XahLee (xahlee@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 17:40:47 EST ∑ XahLee

                     in reply to

                     @lnxw48a1 i expected you to say that.

                     read Basic Economics, i linked to before.

                     1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 18:42:42 EST 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.
               2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 20:15:38 EST 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.
      2. zoowar (zoowar@indy.im)'s status on Thursday, 14-Dec-2017 17:37:37 EST zoowar

         in reply to
         Sadly, we already live in this world. Anyone who has purchased satellite television accepts tiered of content.