nmoore63 wrote:heydaralon wrote:How does giving even more power to ISP's which have effective local monopolies jive with Libertarian free market ideals? I can't figure that one out. The inadvertent effect of no net neutrality is a de facto censorship of ideas that the gov't (with collusion via ISPs) which also runs square in the face of freedom of expression. As Speaker pointed out, all data is equal, especially when a consumer pays for it every month. Libertarians are big on choice, especially consumer choice, and Net Neutrality revocation flies in the face of that. Some real mental gymnastics going on here...
All data is not equal.
You don't have to live under monopolies.
You don't understand how libertarians think with respect to the rest.
Who are you to tell anyone what data is ideal? If someone pays for a service, they decide what data is most valuable. If you live in an area with one ISP, you do have to live under a monopoly. Try setting up your own ISP and get back to me. I'm sure Comcast or Spectrum will help you with that...
If Libertarians actually cared about shit like Civil Liberties, bringing back the fourth amendment, ending questionable foreign wars, decriminalizing drugs, protecting freedom of expression etc, I would be sympathetic to them, and be more than happy to meet them halfway. I don't agree on econ, but you guys actually give a shit about liberty. But all these tea party type movements inevitably are just about framing big business as this victim of government oppression, and the current crop of "libertarians" spend a disproportionate time whining about the horrors of multi billion dollar companies having to deliver services their customers (who they have by the balls ) pay for, instead of attempting to restore civil liberties that would actually benefit the average American. That's all the politically viable libertarians in this country care about. This net neutrality thing is basically just a bunch of house niggers speaking up for massuh ISP.
