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If you're wondering why people like this are voted for, it's because they don't run on the core issues, they don't discuss policy when campaigning, nothing impo

If you're wondering why people like this are voted for, it's because they don't run on the core issues, they don't discuss policy when campaigning, nothing important, and run on all kinds of fringe issues. That's very important to do, otherwise nobody would ever vote for them. Trump also was very sparse on detail and very big on emotional oversimplifications, and now that he's in he gets to implement his real agenda.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago
No politician runs on core issues. It is always terrorism, jobs, economy. More people die each year in the US by chocking on food than getting killed by terrorist. People seem to think we are under some sort of constant attack. I guess they believe the lack of evidence supports this. Jobs and economy are always good to run on because you can promise the world and people get excited. Nothing changes because once in office, politicians have to answer to the people who really put them there; Big Business with deep pockets.
rhino369 10y ago
Net neutrality isn't a core issue anyway.
- shmerl 10y ago
  Why isn't it? Internet is a core infrastructure today.
  - rhino369 10y ago
    Because no matter what happens to net neutrality, the core infrastructure won't be impacted too much. It could become a huge issue if the worst-case hypotheticals that the pro NN groups talk about come true. Something like this http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1566998/images/o-NET-NEUTRALITY-GONE-facebook.jpg http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1566998/images/o-NET-NEUTRALITY-GO.... But that won't happen. Even when there was no net neutrality regulation, the only major violation of NN principles was Comcast blocking BitTorrent traffic. And they only got away with it because bittorrent was so tied with piracy. Companies can play shenanigans and give themselves an uneven playing field, but it won't lead to a catastrophic failure of the internet. Whether AT&T gets an advantage in the mobile TV streaming business isn't a core issue for anyone.
    - shmerl 10y ago
      > Because no matter what happens to net neutrality, the core infrastructure won't be impacted too much. Define "too much". No net neutrality, means abuse by bigger players against smaller competitors. Especially when those big players own part of the network (such as ISP who are also media companies). Impact here is very obvious. The core issue here is the usage of the network.
mcguire 10y ago
I don't know about your last paragraph. As far as I can tell, Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do. Be careful of what you wish for.

JustSomeNobody 10y ago

No politician runs on core issues. It is always terrorism, jobs, economy. More people die each year in the US by chocking on food than getting killed by terrorist. People seem to think we are under some sort of constant attack. I guess they believe the lack of evidence supports this. Jobs and economy are always good to run on because you can promise the world and people get excited. Nothing changes because once in office, politicians have to answer to the people who really put them there; Big Business with deep pockets.

rhino369 10y ago

Net neutrality isn't a core issue anyway.

shmerl 10y ago
Why isn't it? Internet is a core infrastructure today.
- rhino369 10y ago
  Because no matter what happens to net neutrality, the core infrastructure won't be impacted too much. It could become a huge issue if the worst-case hypotheticals that the pro NN groups talk about come true. Something like this http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1566998/images/o-NET-NEUTRALITY-GONE-facebook.jpg http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1566998/images/o-NET-NEUTRALITY-GO.... But that won't happen. Even when there was no net neutrality regulation, the only major violation of NN principles was Comcast blocking BitTorrent traffic. And they only got away with it because bittorrent was so tied with piracy. Companies can play shenanigans and give themselves an uneven playing field, but it won't lead to a catastrophic failure of the internet. Whether AT&T gets an advantage in the mobile TV streaming business isn't a core issue for anyone.
  - shmerl 10y ago
    > Because no matter what happens to net neutrality, the core infrastructure won't be impacted too much. Define "too much". No net neutrality, means abuse by bigger players against smaller competitors. Especially when those big players own part of the network (such as ISP who are also media companies). Impact here is very obvious. The core issue here is the usage of the network.

mcguire 10y ago

I don't know about your last paragraph. As far as I can tell, Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do. Be careful of what you wish for.