"They're coming after the Internet hoping to destroy the very thing that makes it such an important [medium] for independent artists and entrepreneurs: its openness and freedom. [Net neutrality is] the First Amendment issue of our time."—Senator Al Franken, on Corporate America's intent to make the internet less free and restrict the flow of information.
Given the role social media is playing in revolutions around the globe right now, it's not difficult to see why they believe crushing the internet is an integral step in their ongoing coup/corporate takeover of the US government.
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