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FCC abolishes gigabit speed goal, suggesting it is unfair to slower technologies, which will now be branded as "BRAWNDO SPEED" to restore consumer confidence (arstechnica.com)
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[-] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 30 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The system broke when the companies pocketed all that money and the government did nothing. Now we've given up pretending.

The conservative vision for the country is suffering. We offer you nothing but hate for your brothers and sister. Nothing will get better, nothing will be fixed, nothing is worth fighting for. You won't have more money, or better healthcare, or infrastructure, or better working conditions; and it's what you want because we told you everything that doesn't involve us raping you to death is communism. Now shut up and vote for whoever dear leader says he likes, like a good free-thinking red-blooded American.

Gigabit speeds are fucking woke anyways; liberals want you to think light is a 'spectrum.' None of this commie fiber stuff should be allowed in our glorious country. Make America Dialup Again. Thank you for your hypnotised attention to this ad.

[-] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 9 points 3 days ago

The 'S' in DSL stands for socialism, right?

[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

And it’s only one letter away from ”DSA”. Much to think about.

[-] supersquirrel@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

if you combine the two differing letters it makes LA, which is widely known to be where most of the high level antifa commanders reside.

Coincidence?

[-] craftrabbit@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago

Oh look, it's neoliberal capitalism breeding innovation

[-] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 days ago

Conservatives, a.k.a. folk who endeavour to conserve or preserve what we have/had instead of aim for improvement and evolution, will always baffle me.

[-] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 days ago

I was raised by conservatives in a red state, so I think there's actually multiple factions of "conservative" (per your definition) that get lumped into the same category. I find some of them are more understandable than others.

First off, there's the assholes that are in power and want to retain their power. They don't want improvement, because why would we make things better for others if it reduces the benefit you get, right?

There's the people who don't want improvement as a response to the trauma of growing up in a bad situation. They were often told they didn't deserve aid, and as a trauma response, they've built a mental fortress around being strong enough to not need aid. In their minds, they believe their fortitude means didn't deserve the aid after all, but it leaves them unable to comprehend that the system actually failed them. They see "improvement and evolution" and think "yeah, for everybody but me, no thanks". This is the group "hard times make hard hearts" is referring to. This is often comorbid with the third group...

The conservatives that aren't in power, but still get indirect benefit from the system as it is. Sure, the system isn't great, maybe they live paycheck to paycheck, but there's a roof over their head, so they don't want to upset the house of cards. These are the people who understand "new and improved" on a can of soup means that it's gotten worse, and have seen the nonsense that politicians are calling progress, but that's about as far as their understanding goes. It's easy to say that education is freely available, but learning about actual progressive politics takes a certain amount of free time and neurons that aren't fried after work.

Then there's the typically religious (but not always) nutjobs that want the world to end faster. This is where you start to see the weird overlap with ecofascism. They believe humanity is a scourge, and we ought to die. My stepfather was mentally ill and got us involved in a christian-flavored cult along these lines. I'm one of the rare few that can count themselves fortunate to have been in poverty, because it means my parents couldn't afford to send me to a Jesus Camp or a private school. I left as soon as I could, and don't talk to them any more.

I got lucky, and was able to get out, but people really don't acknowledge how hard it is to overcome indoctrination. When I realized at 19 that I'd been raised with nothing but lies, my entire reality crumbled in front of me, and part of me died that day. I was raised to have my entire identity be in the cult, and I didn't even know who I was any more. I wound up couch surfing and being transient for a while until I got my head back on straight. If it hadn't been for the couple of internet friends willing to help me out, I'd still be homeless.

[-] supersquirrel@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

When I realized at 19 that I’d been raised with nothing but lies, my entire reality crumbled in front of me, and part of me died that day.

This is such an underappreciated aspect of the experience of leaving something like that, looking from the outside you just think "finally they got out of that dark deep pit" but for you that moment must have been in one way the bottom of the pit as you exited a reality that defined you into one where you had to rebuild most or all of your definitions.

I imagine it felt good, but also I can totally see how it would feel like a death.

[-] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

as you exited a reality that defined you into one where you had to rebuild most or all of your definitions

And by extension, everything that had been constructed using those definitions. My understanding of who I was as a person had to be redefined. My values, my preferences, my likes and dislikes were all based on the cult and had to be redefined.

All my hopes and dreams were gone, because they had been built on a fantasy understanding of reality. My understanding of what the future would look like was gone, and with it the security of having a place in that future. In the cult, I was supposed to be something great, groomed to follow the footsteps of the apostles, but outside of it I am a nobody.

It didn't feel good in the slightest, it just felt so overwhelming and terrifying and confusing. I had no footing I could trust, my compass was freewheeling, I was just ragdolling through the void with no idea of where I'd land.

It's better now, but only because I got very lucky in a few key areas. I'm entirely serious when I say that if it hadn't been for a few friends to help me through it, I never would have gotten back on my feet, and even then, I've never gotten very far.

[-] Amuro_eat 3 points 3 days ago

They’re shameless pedophiles who will say anything for power, it’s what their core value is. Anything they say beyond that is a lie

[-] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

I had to pay a local company $20k to run fiber to my home. They wouldn't otherwise and the option was 768k DSL that stopped working during inclement weather for some reason.

Jokes on them though, after signing all agreements it ended up costing them closer to six figures to get it done. Not my problem.

[-] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 days ago

What goal replaces it. If it was something like 200Mbit 5G within 10km of all urban areas then I could see something like that as a fairly decent alternative goal tbh.

[-] Janx@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The goal is this administration's CEO and techbro friends keep as much money as possible, while providing the bare minimum service to qualify as "high speed" internet.

[-] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

Depressingly I wouldn't be surprised if its intended as a boost for starlink and an excuse to do nothing. Though starlink costs 2-3 times as much as 5G does. Using 4G for home internet currently as I need to get a new router for 5G, should get one really but not sure how good 5G is in my area anyway.

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