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I think you are misunderstanding the problem. The underlying question is not how a government with good will can offer public broadband. The question is how pub
by mcherm 4y ago
I think you are misunderstanding the problem. The underlying question is not how a government with good will can offer public broadband. The question is how public broadband can exist if the government is actively passing laws to block public broadband. Good ideas for how the government can fix this problem won't help.
- lkxijlewlf 4y agoPeople have to get involved in their community. They have to vote for people who will act in the people's interests and not Comcast's. So much propaganda has been foisted upon people that they believe everything the government touches is shit and corporations should run everything. If you want to see change, you have to fight that nonsense.
- nisegami 4y agoWe should study history for the answers.
- goodpoint 4y agoOn HN? hah!
- freeopinion 4y agoI'm not talking about the government fixing the problem. And I don't think I misunderstand the problem. The problem under discussion was the ability of special interests to control the government to block competition. I was illustrating just one subtle political maneuver. Special interests combat each other all the time. It is not inevitable that the same special interest will win every battle, especially when they don't even recognize subtle flanking maneuvers. It is, of course, unfortunate for the poor farmer upon whose fields the battles are waged.