Cable TV was a way to escape the crippling hegemony of broadcast TV. Along the way, it consolidated into its own new crippling hegemony. Satellite was a way to

Cable TV was a way to escape the crippling hegemony of broadcast TV. Along the way, it consolidated into its own new crippling hegemony. Satellite was a way to escape the new crippling hegemony of cable TV. Then the wireline companies bought them, and killed them, because they threatened the cash cow. Internet now offers a better way to escape the crippling hegemony of cable, except the wireline companies are making sure that they are the only effective providers of Internet. There is nothing new here. Just old imperialists who want to make sure that their empire doesn’t die, so that they can continue to exploit the peasants.