03-29-2017, 07:22 PM
(03-29-2017, 05:55 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Perhaps a bit of a point there, but at the very least there could be some kind of like.. quarterly/bi-yearly/yearly survey style votes on what people want to happen with the FCC rather than an appointed person deciding for you everything you get to see/hear/etc.
Granted, I am also just kind of pissed off about the recent decision by the House/Senate/Trump to do away with the scant rights protections that people have for their data. Used to be (as least technically) ISPs weren't allowed to sell your internet data (browsing history, searches, social media stuff, etc) without your consent. Even that bit of paper-thin protection is gone now. Now VPNs are going to pretty much become a requirement if you don't want 5,000 ads targeted to every facet of your life pounding down on you.
I am telling myself not to post a very long post about how we have our presidential system of government to thank for the lack of accountability for things like the FCC and how we need to look more at the traditional model of public administration and drive a bit more of a wedge between the policy makers and those that carry out the policy.
Nope, not going to get into that rant, today.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
