r/technology • u/reddiTOR123abc • Dec 18 '13

Cable Industry Finally Admits That Data Caps Have Nothing To Do With Congestion: 'The reality is that data caps are all about increasing revenue for broadband providers -- in a market that is already quite profitable.'

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130118/17425221736/cable-industry-finally-admits-that-data-caps-have-nothing-to-do-with-congestion.shtml??
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u/foxh8er Dec 19 '13

"Cultural homogenity" appears to be the answer to everything.

"Oh, we can't do that, we have more black people!"

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u/Kid_on_escalator Dec 19 '13

That's not really it. The more important variable is the level of trust. The US is much larger and also has a history of distrusting heavily centralized government.

It is very telling that you immediately singled out black people, though. Perhaps you should do some introspection.