On November 15, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to formally adopt rules intended to enable equal access to broadband internet by prohibiting "digital discrimination" by service providers. The adoption of the rules fulfills part of a mandate included in President Joe Biden’s 2021 infrastructure law. The rules were first published as a public draft at the end of October. The FCC also advanced the revival of net neutrality, in essence saying fast internet access is a basic telecom service. The rule needs another vote to become final, which would re-establish the FCC’s authority to police broadband providers for any attempts to block or throttle back internet traffic for some while prioritizing access to others who are willing to pay more. The rules will protect civil rights, lower costs, and increase internet access for Americans across the country.
This sounds FANTASTIC doesn’t it? Everyone gets to have fast Internet!
Not so fast.
Every goal in life has a path, a plotted (or un-plotted) course to arrive at the goal.
The US Government, since the days of Carter, has slowly evolved, with "spurts of change” occurring during Bill Clinton and Barack Obama’s Administrations. These changes have basically shoved the pendulum of politics more and more Left. Conservatives have given in time and again to Left Leaning demands, bringing the Right Wing to the Center, and moving it ever-so-slowly to the Left.
The changes in the Government, the people embedded in the “Deep State” (also called the Senior Executive Service and the high level government employees who are never fired and always where regardless of the Administration) have become more and more Socialist.
Today, we are experiencing wedges in the rules of life. Let me explain. “Digital Discrimination” is a new catch phrase. It SOUNDS good on the surface, but this is a stepping stone in the path to destruction of Free Speech.
Why?
While on the surface it sounds like a good thing to agree with, it is also a word that can be rapidly shifted in meaning. On the one hand it means “money” to some. For others this means, “You called me a name through a digital means” (to simplify). Essentially, by using that phrase, the FCC can legally impose fines on ISPs for not identifying people that are using Aliases and “posting material against the good of the population”.
Mark my words, phrases and re-phrasing are exactly what the Left has used since the beginning of the 1960s to covertly change the thinking of young people, Legislators and even Judges who seem to want to “interpret laws in a manner which creates a law”.
Secondarily to this, Congress has stopped doing it’s job at overseeing Agencies, Bureaus and Commissions. They give implied powers to the BATFE, FCC, DHS, FBI and so on, to create rules, and enforce the rules with guns.
Folks, if you thought Censorship was bad since 2020, hold on to your nearest tree along the path, and watch while the “stepping stones to Communism” are put in place soon.
You talk about what they are doing, but you do not talk about how we stop them. I think we have until November 5, 2024 and then it's over. Besides civil war which will happen at the end of 2024 what do you propose we do?