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Net Neutrality and Justice for All

Net Neutrality is already gone (technically). In December of 2017, the Federal Communications Committee (the FCC) votes on whether net neutrality, a system that keeps internet providers from charging for certain types of internet data, should stay. The vote was 3-2 against keeping it, and net neutrality was officially repealed. However, Congress has gathered enough votes to hold a Congressional Review, which allows the government to overturn decisions by federal agencies (like the FCC). This vote is to be held sometime this week before companies can start to change their payment systems on June 11th of this year (when net neutrality is officially out the window). In the capitalist point of view, this is a good thing. More money is circulating and companies are receiving money and buying things, however from a different standpoint net neutrality could just about destroy the socioeconomic system. The American education system already has a huge gap between the education of people w...