said by Unregistered User :

Well, it is and it isn't partisan. It isn't partisan in the sense that conservatives would take one view and liberals the other. It's divided more along the lines of which politicians and organizations get more bribes...er...kickbacks...I mean...campaign contributions from the big telcos. In this case, it happens to be Republicans.

Here's the problem with network neutrality, copyright laws, media consolidation, etc. The politicians feel they can do whatever they want without any negative consequences from the electorate, and they're pretty much right. So, they take the bribes and do whatever their corporate pimps want them to do.

The situation here truly is pathetic. People won't even stand up and demand that politicians listen to them, and we have people in Nepal--people who are so poor that life is a struggle just to make ends meet, risk being shot to death to demand their democratic government be restored. And the thing is, they appear to be winning, in spite of the fact that they're unarmed, facing police and troops who are quite willing to kill them. And many people here won't even go out and vote.