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> people feel like they already don't have [a perfectly free Internet where everyone has a voice], why would they care about net neutrality?

The Internet is dominated by Tech Giants, but deregulating ISPs will probably only make the problem worse by allowing Tech Giants to set the price for preferential treatment by ISPs, thereby raising the barrier to entry for competitors and raising prices for regular consumers.

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Hopefully you can see how "this will probably only make the problem worse" doesn't quite stir people's stumps the way "this will create a new problem that we've worked very hard to avoid up until this point."

> this will create a new problem that we've worked very hard to avoid up until this point

Sorry, could you elaborate? Not sure what you meant here.

Do you just mean to suggest that the "net-neutrality-is-good-for-competition" argument will not persuade the average person, or something else?

He means that if people already know they're going to die of old age eventually, nobody will be interested in a cure for cancer.

I'm saying people will be less likely to care that repealing net neutrality will hurt them if they feel like they're already experiencing the ill effects while it's law.

I'm not so sure. People with life insurance still opt for medical insurance. :shrug:

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