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The regulations were put in place because ISPs were not voluntarily cooperating with net neutrality. The FCC chair appears to be either unaware of history or practicing wishful thinking.

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Normally, the quote goes "never attribute to malice what can be assigned to stupidity" or something along those lines. But Pai is a categorical, shit eating politician. And in the case of politicians, "never attribute to stupidity what can be attributed to malice".

This is a willful dismantling of consumer protections for political or financial gain.

Edit: typo

> Normally, the quote goes "never attribute to malice what can be assigned to stupidity" or something along those lines.

I always like to respond to that quote with another one. I think it fits our current governmental situation particularly.

"Which is more culpable: stupidity or malice?"

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity, but don't rule out malice."

That quote was designed by malice, to encourage stupidity.

Sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice anyway.

More likely he is being paid by monopolists to do it. It's called corruption.

You're very generous in your assessment.

the FCC chair is daft

Not daft. But obviously motivated by economic gain at the cost of ethics. How is a guy supposed to regulate the telcos playing notes to their songs?

One needs his Internet history to trace the money, if any.

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