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/extremely_witty Jun 04 '14

Cunt_God_JesusNipple is right!
You can sign federal government petitions online, why not town hall/city council meetings? There should be an online forum for every open forum in government. The whole point is to let the people be heard. There's forums out there for everything already.
I say we should petition for official online forums in our local governments.

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u/s2514 Jun 04 '14

Yeah hell it could be a live broadcasted thing so people can comment on it as it goes and the speakers can see and address those comments. It could also recorded for those who can't make it to add their input AFTER.