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>Why do you think removing the monopoly of private companies such as Comcast is not “substance”? I don't, and I never said that; I said that reddit comments te
by EpicEng 7y ago
>Why do you think removing the monopoly of private companies such as Comcast is not “substance”?
I don't, and I never said that; I said that reddit comments tend to lack substance, and I think the examples show that. Only one of them even mentions the word "Monopoly" (local oligarchies would be more accurate), and it's a very simple, short statement. The rest are complete throwaways.
Look, your response to me was vastly better than any of those. There's no discussion of pros and cons, potential roadblocks, or the complexities of such a large plan. It's just "Bernie is awesome, down with the corporations!". If you disagree, in any way, your labeled a corporate bootlicker. /r/politics is a cult. I didn't come out of that thread having learned anything. I didn't even see a mention of any specific details of the plan in the ~10 top comments I read.
How you can equate that with what you see in the comments here is beyond me.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoI read all those short F Comcast and monopoly comments to convey what I wrote in short form. It’s been known for a long time that the only way to improve internet connections is to run fiber wire. It’s also been known that Comcast and other monopolies lobby and spend money to fight it. It’s known that they stand to lose money by becoming a dumb pipe. So there no discussion to be had, in my opinion, other than governments running their own fiber for their citizens.
- EpicEng 7y agoYou're arguing against a position I never took. This discussion is about Reddit comments versus hacker news comments. I never even took a side on the whole ISP debate. I'm not sure where you're going with this.