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Three Reasons Why I'm Glad They Abolished Net Neutrality

Net neutrality--social media's latest great debate.  Let's be honest...how many of us really knew all that much about net neutrality?  It became a hashtag and a meme and a battle-cry, but most of us were/are pretty uneducated about it.  My initial response, blindly following the outcries on the Internet, was that net neutrality was a good idea and should be upheld.  That was before I took the time to understand the issue.  Upon further review I have decided, still tentatively, that this recent abolition is a good thing.  The issue is complex, valid arguments existing on both sides, but here are three reasons why I'm glad they abolished net neutrality: 1) Less regulation is almost always a good idea .  Some regulations are necessary.  Murder, theft, etc. are all bad things and they should be illegal.  With regulations, however, less is often more.  Just adding laws to the books does nothing to guarantee that people will stop being jerks...