Turned off all that shit.
Lobbying the FCC on the other hand, that could actually affect change. It would be in the best interest of everyone (excluding short term investors in the various ISPs), with networking equipment manufacturers poised to win the biggest
You know I was just talking with the wife last night about how of all the government agencies the FCC has always listened to the people and done the right thing,
The only truth there is the really surprising one. A
To do this they will lie, cheat, steal and create regulations till it is done.
Let us state it differently.
Looking at sports. You would state that there is no evidence that blacks seem to have a genetic advantage (as a group/race) when it comes to height and athleticism over say, Asians?
Regulation had some use long ago. With the internet regulation really only serves the entrenched big companies and the regulators at the expense of innovation and the customers.
I see it all the time. My company does it. The agency that permits taxis in our area checks A/C, parking brake, paint job and window tint. You could tow the fucking thing in with no steering and it would pass.
Just because not many people choose to fight the IRS to the point of prison does not mean they do not wield that power.
Think you are safe? Go tell an IRS auditor that you are clean as a whistle and he and his family can go fuck themselves.
We will all enjoy seeing you spend all your money on tax attorneys for the next decade of your life while you tell us that "Instances of physical restraint are small relative to the total population"
You will dance to their tune solely because they have the power to imprison you. They do not have to imprison many people to terrorize the population.
However you look at it reducing the power of the government over the people ends up with the people winning.
"Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core." -- Hannah Arendt.