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The problem is that once the government has their hands somewhere, it's extremely hard to get them out. I'd say it's more akin to going ahead and amputating a hand so you can get a prosthetic replacement rather than bleed for a while to try to get some stitches. I fear that as soon as the government starts regulating what can and can't be done regarding the internet, things will go downhill very quickly.
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But it's already regulating it by maintaining net neutrality on a legal basis. And for your analogy it'd be like amputating when you're thirty minutes from a way to seal the wound because you couldn't seal it right away and were afraid it would get infected. Amputating will be worse because it'll still take the same time to fix it except now you're actively harming yourself.