This is such an aggressively stupid comment—in case you’re unfamiliar with the internet, it’s changed over time—made even dumber by how smugly it asserts its ignorance.https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/941489723901665280 …
I'd be happy to answer that. First, video streaming and big data research have both increased substantially over the last three years. But what makes the comment extra stupid is the assumption the regulation was entirely anticipatory...
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As with most regulations, it was at least partially reactive. First signs of a problem appeared in the mid-2000s. Comcast paid $16 million in a class action lawsuit back in 2009...
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Cruz ignored every informed argument--barrier to entry for startups, local monopolistic rents, fragmentation--to take on some hysterical people who don't know what they're talking about, and then patted himself on the back. That's beneath a US Senator. Or at least should be.
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Unfortunately it’s often the hysteria or low hanging rhetoric that have the most purchase in public debate (eg, people who love each other should be allowed to get married). So I think it’s worth responding to that.
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That’s a fair point. I’d rather see hysteria met with reasoned argument, especially from elected officials, rather than smug condescension. But yes, I think you’re right that the hysteria’s prominent enough that there’s value in countering it.
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