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FCC's Pai: I am going to kill net neutrality in US

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Re: Words will hurt you

Actually he doesn't understand free speech is protected by such regulations like the Constitution. Before governments were subjected to regulations - limiting their power - through constitutions, citizens had no rights, and those in power could do whatever they liked. If you didn't like it, you could always migrate to a distant land... hoping to find a better master.

Now, put big companies in the place of governments, and customers in the place of citizens, and you'll see that without proper regulations those with power will do whatever they like at the expense of those without power. Good regulations are actually necessary to limit and balance power, it won't 'self-regulate'.

These 'republicans' advocate for 'limiting power', but they are just giving more power to a few, and crippling citizens rights.

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