First thing, I'm going to ask that you read the entire post before you form an opinion. Please and thank you.
The idea of net neutrality is a good one. All service providers giving equal service to all content.("Frequently asked questions:," ) Great idea!
Think about this. Communism, as a concept, is a fabulous idea. Everyone is totally equal. Everyone gets all of the same things. No one is above anyone else. ("http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/communism ," ) As a form of equality, Communism is perfect in theory. Note the "in theory" and we will return to this later.
In the United States, equal rights were supposed to balance things. The thought that "all men were created equal" is something to puff your chest about and be proud of. In implementation, maybe not a complete failure but not great either. (Kellaher) In spirit, great. Note "in spirit" and we will return to this later also.
Now think about net neutrality. Take a minute and give it some serious thought.
Fabulous idea, don't you think? Equality on the biggest scale. Now let us go back to Communism. This concept will never work because a leader or body of leadership would have to be able to deal with the fact they are not better than the common people. Look at Communist Russia or "Red" China. They are oppressive and many of their people flee to other countries to escape it. Not so great in practice, wouldn't you agree? Now here is where the warning at the beginning comes into play. You'll understand it soon. Equal rights, women have been allowed to vote and ethnic groups have been given more rights. Great! Since this went into effect there have been constant debates on equal pay and jobs for both genders and there are still ways in which equality is laughable. Ethnic groups still have places where they are segregated, let's think about China Town and Harlem as examples. The people that live in China Town pretty much live there of their own will. They live there because they are more comfortable with their own people who treat them without judgment. Harlem, in New York, is nearly the same as it always was. More crime, less response from law enforcement but less judgment because of a common skin color. Our president is ethnic, anyone with eyes or ears knows this. He has recently come under fire for how he has done. I won't go into views here, this will remain nonpartisan. He hasn't, however, started a war over weapons that have never been found. He hasn't been involved in a scandal with an intern that drew attention from the entire world. You will never make me believe that he would be under so much scrutiny if he were not ethnic. Let's go back to net neutrality now without dwelling or debating my personal opinion on politics if you don't mind.
To make net neutrality work you would need a central leadership without bias. Bigger issues have failed here and I seriously doubt this would get what equal rights and Communism never have. You would also need company leadership that would put their best interests below that of the people. Find one of those for me. No company can be both successful AND not be self serving to some extent. The last thing that would be essential would be all the countries to agree on this issue. We can't even get all the countries to agree on global warming and that is a huge issue. So, in theory net neutrality is fantastic but also impossible.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/communism. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com
Kellaher, Karen. (n.d.). Equal rights, are we there yet?. Retrieved from http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4786
Frequently asked questions: what is net neutrality?. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.savetheinternet.com/frequently-asked-questions?gclid=CJyV9ZqIj6UCFRZy5QodpV4rOQ
5 comments:
Chris,
I've never been the type to go around yapping about a New World Order, the Bilderbergs, Illuminati, etc., but the concepts in your post are right on target. We don't have absolute net neutrality right now. The Chinese government is very restrictive, but there are other governments that restrict Internet usage just as much. Absolute net neutrality would require total agreement between the world's 193 sovereign nations. Plus, by definition, it would have to universally allow crap like terrorist threats, kiddie porn and Nazi groups. Although I believe that we have a great deal of Internet freedom here in the US, absolute net neutrality is not possible.
-Mike
I am really not much on New World Order myself, I am just a realist. There are times you just have to weigh to ends versus the means. In this case I don't really know if there ANY means to that end. More net neutrality might be more feasible than total neutrality but even that would be difficult. Thanks for the comment and I'm glad someone else agrees.
Right on Blankenfurter! If I met Gloria Steinem today I would probably poke her in the eyeball. What was she thinking? My Mother never meant for me to work this hard.
I couldn't agree with you more. However, anything in the infancy stage is theory. The outcome can't quantitatively be proven until the theory is in effect for a while.
"We the people" have all the power to solidify a law or oppose it but rarely exercise it.
Change is never easy. I would love to have most U.S. citizens join me in boycotting purchases of product from any manufacturer that has sent their costomer service centers out of the country, but who's going to go to all that trouble and be that inconvenienced?
There is just so much room for disaster with this one. I just don't think that many entities can possibly work together for the people and not themselves.
Great points! Well thought out.
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