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by chez17 4353 days ago
>I'd like to have it, but I'd rather not see it enforced, because I believe private property rights are more important than anything else.

And what private property is at stake here? We gave ISPs hundreds of billions of dollars to build our infrastructure and on top of that they failed to hit the access and speed goals. This comment shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the problem. This needs to be admitted before anything else.

>Should we really be able to force someone to use their property an a way that serves the public interest?

Of course. This is the slippery slope fallacy at it's finest. I can't stand when arguments are discussed in talking points. The world is complicated, we need to find the right balance of personal liberty and society's needs. Retreating to talking points is easy, but it doesn't solve any actual problems.