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> Why would ISPs want emulate that failing model?

When you control what people see, you control what people think. Dismiss that as tinfoil malarky if you will.

I don’t think it as as ‘tinfoil’ as people may suggest. Moves like this combined with the lift on local news station ownership restrictions make plans to ‘control what people see’ more and more plausible.

As long as my guys (Republicans) are winning and our ideas (conservatism) are pushed through, I'm happy and I don't give a hoot about what twisted ways they use to win politically. I'll also criticize Democrats for doing the exact thing, or deflect any bad-doing by my guys to point to Democrats as my go-to defense.

Poe's Law applies here (at least for me).

It is so sad we live at a time when one doesn't know if this is sarcasm or a genuine sentiment.

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