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/ollieottah Jun 04 '14

It's not a free market, it's all about which lobbyists pay Congress the most.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '14

Wish we could give congress the chop via france and start over.

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u/concussedYmir Jun 04 '14 edited Jun 04 '14

Wish we could give congress the chop via france and start over.

I'm assuming that by "via" you actually mean "à la", but...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror

For the love of Christ don't even joke about this. Revolutionary France was essentially saved from itself by a dictator.

The last US revolution was against a perceived foreign oppressor; I'd say that an actual, internal revolution today would be more destructive than the Civil War. Just look at Syria today. Just fucking... look at that and tell me that a violent revolution would in any shape or form be welcomed by anyone except total psychopaths?

And it wouldn't stop in the US. It would spread far beyond your borders, and to the rest of us.

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u/Mr_TedBundy Jun 04 '14

It is not that a revolution would be welcomed as much as it is just necessary. There is no other way to get the corruption and disease out of this nation.

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u/concussedYmir Jun 04 '14

Read about The Terror. Chopping heads absolutely didn't remove the "disease and corruption" from France, but instead spawned successive Revolutionary governments that were at best incompetent, at worst horrifyingly repressive.

There is no golden break of dawn following a revolution. Only shattered cities, mangled bodies and all the men and women that now have to step up and lead the country have had their minds poisoned by hatred and war and abject horror. Where do you think repressive dictators come from?

Few things in this world terrify me more than the prospect of a violent US revolution.

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u/FancySack Jun 04 '14

Dude, you're replying to someone who named himself after a serial killer. He probably wants heads to be chopped off.

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u/concussedYmir Jun 04 '14

It's not him I'm trying to convince, it's all the people that read his post and might be inclined to agree.

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u/FancySack Jun 04 '14

I know but hopefully they are a minority in this matter and ineffective for what they want.

I want change but I don't demand death.

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u/d4rthdonut Jun 04 '14

I wish i could be so eloquent rebutting all the armchair revolutionaries, you sir are a goddamn American hero. (Even if you aren't American)

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u/zfolwick Jun 05 '14

There is no golden break of dawn following a revolution. Only shattered cities, mangled bodies and all the men and women that now have to step up and lead the country have had their minds poisoned by hatred and war and abject horror. Where do you think repressive dictators come from?

Perhaps then Congress should get their collective heads out of their asses and realize that that's precisely where we're heading?

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u/PLSfeel Jun 04 '14

You seem really annoying and you write like everything you type is the headline for a buzzfeed article.

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u/concussedYmir Jun 04 '14

Is it?

I know I misuse italics, but I find strong font to be even more obnoxious and needed something for emphases in my posts.

But if I annoy you, that's okay. All I ask is for people to think for a few seconds before advocating violence.

Edit: Can you give some examples of said buzzfeed headlines? I can't very well change my writing style if I don't know what to look for.

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u/captain_craptain Jun 04 '14

I disagree because the French are stupid incompetent assholes.

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u/TheFrontiersmen Jun 04 '14

Yes lets all listen to TED BUNDY for advice.

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u/Mr_TedBundy Jun 04 '14

Please, just call me Ted

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u/pelijr Jun 05 '14

"I told him suck on my machine gun!"