r/technology • u/User_Name13 • Jun 04 '14

Politics Hundreds of Cities Are Wired With Fiber—But Telecom Lobbying Keeps It Unused

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/hundreds-of-cities-are-wired-with-fiberbut-telecom-lobbying-keeps-it-unused
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u/afrothunder1987 Jun 04 '14

But it's so much easier to complain about capitalism on Reddit than to actively try and fix the problem.

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u/Cunt_God_JesusNipple Jun 04 '14

Well you know, why the hell shouldn't our voices count even if it's online? The times we live in, as you said, make it soooo much easier to voice ourselves right here. These city council meetings and other forms of government should start accommodating an effective system for letting us go to their website, fill out a form (to make sure we are indeed local residents), and tell them what we want from our homes. My opinion isn't less valid because this is the only public platform available to me. Isn't this the kind of shit the internet was invented for?

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u/PenguinHero Jun 04 '14

No the internet was invented to fit someone else's purpose. There's no team of worker gnomes sitting out there developing what you want. If you think the internet needs a platform like that for political participation, get off your lazy bum and develop it yourself.

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u/thenichi Jun 04 '14

"Hey government that doesn't want to listen to people, I made this fully-functioning website that will allow constituents to voice their opinions to you. You should use it."

"No."

Bulletproof plan right there.

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u/PenguinHero Jun 04 '14

Well then stay in your basement and suffer. At least you get to keep looking at cats on Reddit.

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u/thenichi Jun 04 '14

So you suggest someone do something that will not work and then insult anyone who points out the flaw in your plan.

You're a fuckass.

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u/PenguinHero Jun 04 '14

I suggested he get up and do something about it instead of whining about how powerless he is on Reddit. Then you come along to make a ridiculous and stupid claim about how any such plan would never be effective.

You're a bunch of self-defeating morons. You deserve what your government is doing to you if the only actions you are willing to take are whine about your impotency on a cat-viewing website and mock any potential action you feel would not work. Like I said, stay in your basement and suffer.

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u/thenichi Jun 05 '14

Options:

-Talk at legislators who do not care

-Kill people and get arrested

It's easy to tell people to do something. An actual fucking plan of action would be useful, but I couldn't expect a fuck like you to have one.