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You know, this is totally ad hominem but Cato is a free market think tank. They couldn't come up with an article in support of net neutrality if they wanted. It
by pedanticfreak 16y ago
You know, this is totally ad hominem but Cato is a free market think tank. They couldn't come up with an article in support of net neutrality if they wanted. It is completely against the free markets holy scripture they have vowed to protect. Likewise, the Economist is similarly tainted with the defense of the free markets in its charter.
Which isn't to say free markets are wrong or bad. I'm just saying they lose some credibility when they tell you the answer before you've told them the problem. I kind of feel like I'm just being trolled whenever someone posts something by Cato or Heritage.
That said, freedom to contract treads a fine line across all aspects of our lives. And that line is continually being adjusted by the government to fit the needs of the times which hopefully they understand or at least address properly by dumb luck.
Because of the importance of the internet and the inherent monopoly of network providers, net neutrality may be wise to implement so problems do not arise as Cato so optimistically asserts they do not exist now and will not exist in the future.