WE TOLD YOU THAT THERE WOULD BE CONSEQUENCES TO DONALD
TRUMP WINNING THE ELECTION.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ABOUT TO PAY A
HEAVY PRICE.
THIS IS ON AN ISSUE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE
INTERNET AGREE ON.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO SHRED
NET NEUTRALITY.
I WILL TELL YOU THE GUY WHO WILL DO IT AND THEN
I WILL TELL YOU WHY I THINK THE RIGHT AND LEFT AGREE ON THIS
ISSUE.
THIS COMES FROM FORTUNE MAGAZINE, CERTAINLY NO
LIBERAL
OUTLET.
SO, I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT AJIT PAI.
RIGHT NOW THERE
IS NET NEUTRALITY.
PROVIDERS CANNOT SLOW DOWN ONE WEBSITE OR
SPEED UP ANOTHER.
WHO THEY SPEED UP?
THERE IS, ALSO ANYONE WHO
CAN PAY A BIGGER FEE TO THEM.
YOU CAN CALL IT A RANSOM OR
ANYTHING YOU WANT.
BUT GIANT CORPORATIONS ALREADY HAVE THAT
MONEY SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
SPEED UP THEIR OWN WEBSITES, BUT THEY CAN SLOW DOWN ANY SITE THAT
DOESN'T PAY THEIR FEE.
ARE YOU SURE GIANT CORPORATIONS AGREE
WITH GATEWAY PUNDIT, 4CHAN, REDDIT, US OR HUFFINGTON POST?
BUT FOR EVERYONE WHO RUNS INDEPENDENT MEDIA OR ANY KIND OF
WEBSITE ON THE WEB, NOW IF THEY GET THEIR WAY AND DESTROY NET
NEUTRALITY THEY GET TO SET THE RULES.
EVEN IF YOU ARE A
RIGHT-WINGER AND LOVE CORPORATIONS, I HAVE NEWS FOR
YOU.
CORPORATIONS ARE AMORAL MACHINES.
THEIR CODE SAYS
MAXIMIZE PROFIT.
YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO CARE ABOUT YOUR
IDEOLOGY, PRINCIPLES, OR BLOG WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO MAXIMIZE
PROFITS?
NO, THEY WILL GIVE THEMSELVES AN ADVANTAGE.
YOU
THINK A GIANT CORPORATION IS AN INTERESTING IN THE FREE MARKETS?
IF YOU ARE A CAPITALIST YOU WANT FREE MARKETS.
IF YOU ARE A
CORPORATIST YOU WHAT LIMITED COMPETITION HENCE YOU ARE
AGAINST FREE MARKETS.
ON NET NEUTRALITY IT IS VERY CLEAR.
I
WAS AT A PRESENTATION FOR A
LARGE CORPORATION AND I SAW AN AD THAT HAD MANY MUSLIMS ON IT.
YOU DON'T SEE THAT ALL THE TIME
IN AMERICA.
THEN I REALIZED IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL MARKET THEY
ARE APPEALING TO AND THERE ARE 1.6 BILLION MUSLIMS IN THE
WORLD.
THAT IS A LOT OF SOFT DRINKS AND SNEAKERS.
THEY DON'T
LIKE IT WHEN YOU DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE
BECAUSE THAT HURTS THEIR
CUSTOMER BASE.
ARE YOU STILL SURE CORPORATIONS ARE ON YOUR
SIDE FOR EVERY ISSUE?
FOR THE
LEFT IT IS OBVIOUS.
WHY WOULD WE WANT TO LIMIT OUR FREEDOM?
THE
INTERNET IS NOT THEIR PROPERTY, IT IS FOR ALL OF US.
WHY IS AJIT
PAI SUCH A DANGER TO US?
LET'S SHOW YOU WHO HE IS.
WHY IS HE IN
MY OPINION THE MAN WHO MIGHT DESTROY THE INTERNET.
LET'S GIVE
YOU DETAILS FROM FORTUNE.
AGAIN IF YOU'RE A RIGHT-WINGER, YOU'RE
LIKE I DON'T LIKE REGULATIONS.
THAT IS AWESOME.
WELL THAT
REGULATION MADE SURE THAT THEY
COULDN'T PLAY FAVORITES.
BUT NOW THEY CAN PLAY FAVORITES AND SAY
I LIKE YOUR BLOG, I DON'T LIKE
YOUR BLOG AND SO ON.
NETFLIX CAN PLAY THE HIGHER FEE BUT YOU
CAN'T?
SAD DAY FOR YOU.
BIG
COMPANIES WIN AGAIN.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR YOU JUST MIGHT
GET IT.
THE REASON YOU HAVEN'T SEEN EVIDENCE OF THAT IS BECAUSE
TODAY WE HAVE NET NEUTRALITY, SO
THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
DO YOU THINK THAT MAY BE A GIANT
CORPORATION MIGHT WANT TO MAXIMIZE THEIR PROFITS AND SLOW
DOWN EVERYONE'S WEBSITE UNTIL
THEY PAY THEM LARGER FEES?
WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?
I SEE NO
EVIDENCE AT ALL THAT
CORPORATIONS CARE ABOUT PROFITS?
BOY, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE AWFULLY
SLOW.
MAYBE THEY SLOW DOWN HIS WEBSITE IN HIS HEAD, THAT IS
WHAT HE CAN'T SEE ANY EVIDENCE
THAT A CORPORATION MIGHT WANT A BENEFIT FOR ITSELF.
IF THEY GET
THEIR WAY WOULD THEY WILL DESTROY THE INTERNET AS WE KNOW
IT.
BY THE WAY PAI HAS NOT SEEN A CORPORATIST IDEA HE HAS NOT
LOVED.
HE IS COUNTING THE CHECKS RIGHT NOW FROM THE MONEY HE IS
GOING TO GET ONCE HE RETIRES
FROM THE FCC.
HE IS GOING TO STEP DOWN WITH A MINIMUM
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT.
IT IS A REVOLVING DOOR, IT HAPPENS
ALL THE TIME.
HE IS COUNTING THAT MONEY AS WE SPEAK.
AT LEAST
I HOPE HE IS NOT THAT SHALLOW AND THAT MUCH OF A DULLARD THAT
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS
GOING ON.
HE DOES UNDERSTAND IT, HE IS JUST GREEDY.
OTHER THINGS
HE HAS BEEN IN FAVOR OF THAT ARE
ALL PRO CORPORATE ñ SO, YOU HAVE TO MOBILIZE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT
IS EVEN POSSIBLE WITH A GUY LIKE
TRUMP'S OFFICE.
YOU THINK TRUMP WILL BACK YOU?
HERE IS WHAT
TRUMP BACKS, THE ALMIGHTY
DOLLAR.
NOW IT IS A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS DREAM
COME TRUE.
THEY WILL GET TO RUN THE INTERNET AND IF YOU COMPLAIN
ABOUT IT EVEN MORE LIKELY THAT THEY WILL SLOW DOWN
YOUR
WEBSITE.