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The FCC IMO is no more political than its ever been. What we're ascribing to politics (which it may very well be) is in my opinion better ascribed to regulator
by Aloha 8y ago
The FCC IMO is no more political than its ever been.
What we're ascribing to politics (which it may very well be) is in my opinion better ascribed to regulatory capture - which is a problem many regulatory agencies have had over time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
- mindslight 8y agoRegulatory capture is the engine driving contemporary politics. You buy off the party whose biases align better with your own mission, then wait for theme to have their turn at the trough.
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- ghrifter 8y agoUnited States has been a financial oligarchy since the turn of the 20th century.
- bo1024 8y agoI think this is accurate but politics swirl around it or are used as smokescreens. For example I followed Net Neutrality quite closely and it was not initially painted as partisan, until the FCC realized that by calling NN an "Obama-era regulation" they could dogwhistle some republicans over to their side and make it seem like a traditionally partisan issue. (For some reason news sites played along and used this term all over the place.) But this all happened midway through the process as they cast around for justifications for what was really regulatory capture.