To win a fight like this, you can't just be against a couple of bills. We need to form a coalition/lobby group of our own and author bills we can support.
Bottom line, DC doesn't know how to talk to a person much less negotiate with one, they only will speak with representatives of people, be that congress, senate or a lobby.
Surely one of the well financed organizations who were against these bills can stand up a webpage and grass roots lobby organization that fights for the openness of the internet.
I completely agree with the point you are trying to illustrate in the video. However, it is a poor choice, as you are citing the defeat of a cheaper and more flexible system for a system that is better only under ideal conditions. Those ideal conditions, the existence of suitable roads going where you want to travel and and refuel points did not exist at the time the invention was created.
In effect the non-disruptive tech was subsidized by state and federal governments until it was disruptive. So your example is a disruptive gov't pushing a new tech into faster adoption, not a tech that is purely disruptive. Even to this day your example is being subsidized by taxpayer funds.
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To win a fight like this, you can't just be against a couple of bills. We need to form a coalition/lobby group of our own and author bills we can support.
Bottom line, DC doesn't know how to talk to a person much less negotiate with one, they only will speak with representatives of people, be that congress, senate or a lobby.
Surely one of the well financed organizations who were against these bills can stand up a webpage and grass roots lobby organization that fights for the openness of the internet.
Historically Poor Choice of Example
I completely agree with the point you are trying to illustrate in the video. However, it is a poor choice, as you are citing the defeat of a cheaper and more flexible system for a system that is better only under ideal conditions. Those ideal conditions, the existence of suitable roads going where you want to travel and and refuel points did not exist at the time the invention was created.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System
In effect the non-disruptive tech was subsidized by state and federal governments until it was disruptive. So your example is a disruptive gov't pushing a new tech into faster adoption, not a tech that is purely disruptive. Even to this day your example is being subsidized by taxpayer funds.