"...all men are created equal...." That's in the Declaration of Independence. However, it's not in the Constitution. It wouldn't take much to over-turn in court since it's just a concept and a rather hypocritical one at that. See: American History 1776 To Present.
Take the internet. Until recently, the internet was created equally. Your internet service provider had to provide the same service whether you were Youtube, a website about cat videos or NPR. Everybody had to be treated the same like it was communist France or Sweden or some other European hellhole.
Do you know that there are no words in the European language for, "Hooray for me- FUCK YOU!"?
I'm telling you they are like animals over there! Animals with high-speed internet for very few Euros. Yep- Euros! They don't even use our money!
The point is that everyone can have inexpensive, high-speed internet in Europe and that is awful. We had that here until recently. Tell me it didn't bother you. Tell me it didn't bother you that when you were looking at porn, you knew that someone had the same access to cat videos that you had to porn. No? Maybe you were busy.
The real point is then that it pissed off internet service providers that they couldn't charge more for sites AND, reward those sites with faster internet...paid for with American DOLLARS- not Euros and slow down sites that don't want to pay. This is America! How do you know you are on top if you can see others there? You pay! If they don't pay and they are there, you might as well be in communist Europe.
Republicans must love this. Broke ass, dumbass hillbillies in Kentucky must love this. Maybe fish don't fry in freezer and beans don't burn on the grill, but you can feel like you've made it, when you pay that special internet bill! Hell yeah! 'Murica!
My prediction is that the internet will be packaged like your cable currently is, like every other aspect of America is. Good. Better. Best. And Really, Really Best! Hey- it's what separates us from the communist Europeans.
Remember how the internet was 'the future"? Maybe in Europe and the rest of the world where all of their people will have easy, fast access to it. Man, you'd think Europe would know a little about dividing things up and controlling them.
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byline: Deer Whisper/Luke
I urge your readers to read the interview highlights here, and if piqued just go ahead and click that transcript link (unless it's desired to HEAR the interview):
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/02/06/272480919/when-it-comes-to-high-speed-internet-u-s-falling-way-behind
One point she makes is that the internet (communication access) should have been treated as fundamental commodities as electricity and railroads here.
It wasn't, and that's why America does not get to take truly high-speed internet access (to all) for granted like in the countries and cities she compares.
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