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Declare your independence from Tech Oligarchy!

Delete Your Cell Bill

Do me a quick favor: take out any screen+WiFi device, and look at your WiFi available connection list (usually the upward segmented quarter-pie “waves” icon in the menu you can drag down from the top of your screen). Look at the top of the list, with the biggest-strongest “signal” indicators but locks next to them. Imagine you could share your WiFi lock keys with each other, and get free signal as you pass by your neighbors, in return for them getting signal when they pass by yours. Imagine extending all these signals by miles with existing technologies like Super-WiFi. Would you ever need any 5G Telco Oligarchs?

A few different takes on Net Neutrality

Lists like this should all be prefaced with this statement of fact: there is absolutely no legitimate support for ending network neutrality anywhere, and anyone acting against net neutrality has a direct and personal short-term financial interest in fostering network monopolies and online extortion. This is usually because they are being paid directly by the incumbent monopolists and extortionists, either as a lobbyist or another form of political campaign financier.

Network neutrality protects capitalist competition online against corrupt government officials picking crony market winners and losers, so there is no legitimate economic or political argument to be made against net neutrality. The only rational discussion left is about how to act to restore net neutrality in the US and abroad, and how quickly.

Let’s start with a lighthearted and semi-serious take on the issues. Of all main stream media analysis, John Oliver’s new show does the best work on this topic.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) on Net Neutrality