Quote:Yet Motherboard is a completely neutral, legitimate news source.  Gotcha.  It's not just a left leaning "crap blog" as you so deftly put it.  It's right up there with the paragons of news.  No agenda at all. 

 

Regarding net neutrality, it puts control over the internet in the hands of the government by giving the FCC all sorts of controls.  I'm sure nothing bad would come from that.  No filtering of content, or additional restrictions whatsoever, right?  The government is always well intentioned when they want control of something. 

 

Gotcha, we're better off putting monopolistic corporations in charge of possibly the most significant technology of the last 40 years. (possibly behind only the integrated circuit)

 

Broadband isn't a luxury, for this country and this economy it's a necessary utility. People lived without indoor plumbing or running water in parts of the country through much of the 20th century, but that didn't make those things utilities.

 

It's in the national interest for the government to ensure free communication and open association, and that's not something that private corporations can be depended on to ensure.

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