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Government control of the internet. It's like government control, but on the internet.

I am bewildered when I see freedom types suggesting that a federal agency (!) is going to grant them more freedom by controlling the services they use.

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I don't see why that's so hard to believe at all. The federal government, at least in theory, is accountable to its citizens since the citizens vote for their government. The Board of Directors of Comcast, however, is something that no citizen anywhere has any power over whatsoever. Why would you choose the latter scenario, in which you have zero power in principle and in practice, versus the former scenario where you have some power both in theory and in practice?

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