In an increasing number of ways, encryption, broadband,?others? Technology is making politicians look and feel stupid because they can't control the outcomes.<p>Politicians set Technology policies, and those policies fail hard.<p>Technology resists politics all on its own and that's not somegthing politicians like or understand.<p>Politicians depend on words, and manipulation of words, and retelling stories in ways that suit them.<p>Trouble is that encryption follows the laws of mathematics, and broadband speeds can't be talked up.<p>That makes politicians both look stupid and feel mad that they look stupid.<p>So the politicians will fight back, by atyacking the tech companies, who, in their feeble minds, they will blame for the realities of when tech meets talk.<p>Here the battle starts.
-Copyright protection
-DMCA
-Net Neutrality<p>Are all created by politicians. Which creates the eco-system that tech lives in.<p>Also, politicians were hired to do the will of the people. If they fail it's up to us as citizens to hold them accountable for their actions.<p>The problem is people think technology is good. Technology is amoral. It's a tool. People choose how to use technology for good or bad. Same with science, economics, statistics or "law making" for that matter.