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I don't usually like to be political, but it has become quite evident that the US government is a true oligarchy. Even if the entirety of the US population were
by temporallobe 9y ago
I don't usually like to be political, but it has become quite evident that the US government is a true oligarchy. Even if the entirety of the US population were to petition against this, Mr. Pai would do the bidding of those he serves, which is, hint, not the general US population.
- djellybeans 9y agoHe's looking forward to his cushy job at some telecom after his term is over. It's an odd bird these types of positions when they are handled like this. To Illustrate how odd they are, imagine you apply for a job which a friend helped discover for you, then that friend recommends you to his manager. You get hired but instead of taking orders from your managers you ignore them, and you work for your friends instead.
- temporallobe 9y agoExcept that by definition his role is to serve the greater good of the population, not special interest groups. The FCC is a government agency, not a private corporation in which case your argument might apply. Their entire mission is provide reliable, fair, reasonably-priced access to all forms of communication, including broadband. Their own mission statement for broadband states "Regulatory policies must promote technological neutrality". How sadly corrupt our government must be if an entire agency can't fulfill its own basic mission because of ridiculous nonsense like this.
- djellybeans 9y agoTrump decided to appoint the guy who is pushing this to the head of the FCC. The FCC as an institution didn't decide this. The administration did.