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Q&A: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on Repealing Obama's Net Neutrality Rules

Posted by Bethesda-gal 7 years, 5 months ago to Technology
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This was a helpful article on understanding the whole net neutrality issue. Granted it is in a partisan outlet, but I was interested to read the FCC chairman’s rationale. I'd like to hear others' thoughts. This current stance seems to be in line with Objectivist principles, yes ?

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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Without Ajit Pai, President Zero's administration would have successfully implemented net "neutrality". Think of the Internet this way. If I build a road (or set of roads) on which people (or their information) travel, should others be able to use them without me being able to charge them for it. Moreover, should others be able to use my roads enough easily enough that I am unable to charge a premium to my existing customers for preferential service? Imagine a toll road that you owned that had a special lane for your own customers, much like exists in some states for carpoolers (except they don't pay extra for it!).

    Objectivists should oppose the Sherman Act against monopolies. The antitrust case against Rockefeller was the real life version of the Hank Rearden "trial".

    Re-watch the Rearden trial in the AS movies, and then (re)watch The History Channel's portrayal of the Rockefeller trial during The Men Who Built America. They are so uncannily similar that John Aglialoro has an outstanding basis for a lawsuit.
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  • Posted by Bethesda-gal 7 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Interesting. Do you know anything about him, or you are surmising that from this position the FCC is advocating ? And so would Objectivists oppose the Sherman Act against monopolies ? And just let the free market decide 100% ?
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  • Posted by $ jbrenner 7 years, 5 months ago
    Ajit Pai is one of the few people in the US government that actually understands us.
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