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It doesn’t matter what it costs. The internet is so fundamental to daily life that it should be considered a basic right. Access should be provided for free to
by mplewis 3y ago
It doesn’t matter what it costs. The internet is so fundamental to daily life that it should be considered a basic right. Access should be provided for free to everyone.
- gottorf 3y ago> It doesn’t matter what it costs Everything has diminishing returns. Of course it matters what it costs, no matter what "it" is. > it should be considered a basic right Many people disagree that positive rights (that require something to be provided to the right-bearer by the state at the expense of others) are on the same level as negative rights (that forbid the state from imposing some restriction or penalty on the right-bearer), or should indeed even be considered "rights".
- dogman144 3y agoNot sure on the free part but yes, it’s a public utility no matter how tech hems and haws- good luck navigating civil life without a smart phone, for instance. And on top of that originally developed by the govt, then handed over private sector, and then 20 yrs of effort forced everyone to run their lives through it. But definitely not like a utility, at all. The audacity to treat it like a market good vs as a public utility astounds me.