I'm glad for the win, but until this is something that's formally legislated by Congress we're just going to be ping-ponging back and forth depending on which party has majority control of the FCC. What we really need are Congresspersons who are savvy enough to understand and address modern tech problems effectively.
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The Conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI) played a key role in establishing a policy and regulatory path for an FCC under Republican Party control, led by Chairman Ajit Pai.
When Ajit Pai was kicked out of the FCC spot he was hired by AEI to be a lobbyist.
Fuck Ajit Pai and the people who put him in power.
Fuck Ajit Pai and the people who put him in power.
... and hire him for well-paying lobbyist jobs, where he has intimate knowledge of the people and systems involved.
I aggravates me to no end that this is a thing for many bureaucrats ... leave your gov't position (likely with a full pension) and land a job that uses your insider info.
Wait, what? They're only just now doing this?
I get that it took awhile. But why do people always criticize the people doing the right stuff rather than the people causing harm?
Take the win!
It's a waste of time criticizing organizations that are beyond being reformed like the Republican party is. The Democratic party can and must do better and should hear about their screwups, the Republican party just needs to be rendered irrelevant entirely and doesn't need to see it coming.
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I agree! It is fine to have to have a degree of cynicism but too much and nothing gets done. Celebrate every step in the right direction.
Exactly what you said. Take the win.
That faulty line of thinking (shitting on everything) is the same line of thinking that "lets imperfect get in the way of good."
"Oh, this action was late. Bad!"
"Oh, this action only solves part of the problem. Stop trying! Bad!"
"Oh, the rich will just use a loophole to get around this! Bad!"
If repubs can convince critics that doing nothing is better than doing something, repubs win. A seemingly very effective exploitation of the narcissism of the online critic.
The term useful idiot comes to mind.
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Not only that, but the explanation is right there, in the article:
Democrats were stymied for nearly three years because they did not take majority control of the five-member FCC until October.
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Anyone want to guess the political affiliation of those who did everything they could to hold this back?
But you already know.
Thank goodness for this news. This is reason alone to celebrate.
Take that, Pai.
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"Democrats were stymied for nearly three years because they did not take majority control of the five-member FCC until October."
Biden's first pick got held up in the Senate for a couple years and then replaced in 2023, until that seat was filled nothing was gonna happen.
No way, everyone knows that Biden can easily change all of the federal government whenever he wants to but just chooses not to because he's a big meanie and only ever does anything so that he's just 1% less bad than Trump.
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You know something gone wrong here when people have come to expect those responses right off the bat. 😄
While true, there was a major, global crisis still going on in 2021. It's not as though an FCC commissioner pick was the top priority after the Orange Turd screwed everything about Covid up as best as he could. Biden announced in October of '21 and then Congress was slow to confirm his pick.
Context matters.
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Wait, what? They’re only just now doing this?
Better late than never.