Madoc
Gawd
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2006
- Messages
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'When asked whether government regulation or free market competition was a better mechanism to protect Internet users,'
If this was indeed the question asked, then I think it is a false dichotomy, or at the very least deceptive. The implication is that if the FCC isn't in charge that the result will be a "free market" environment. This is FALSE. Whether or not the FCC has oversight, there are still all sorts of laws and agreements which dictate how business works in regards to both the physical and digital Internet.
While I am generally a strong believer in free markets, I'm well aware that lots of companies pretend that everything would be fine if there we no direct oversight on them, when in reality there are a bunch of laws that protect them and their position in their respective markets. They buy politicians and get bills passed which benefit them and NOT the average citizen. They're hypocrites, IMO, and most people answering this poll probably don't have any idea of how things really stand these days.
This poll is useless.
If this was indeed the question asked, then I think it is a false dichotomy, or at the very least deceptive. The implication is that if the FCC isn't in charge that the result will be a "free market" environment. This is FALSE. Whether or not the FCC has oversight, there are still all sorts of laws and agreements which dictate how business works in regards to both the physical and digital Internet.
While I am generally a strong believer in free markets, I'm well aware that lots of companies pretend that everything would be fine if there we no direct oversight on them, when in reality there are a bunch of laws that protect them and their position in their respective markets. They buy politicians and get bills passed which benefit them and NOT the average citizen. They're hypocrites, IMO, and most people answering this poll probably don't have any idea of how things really stand these days.
This poll is useless.