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It has been long understood that “consumer sovereignty” is a myth. To make fundamental changes in the commodity economy it is necessary to have power over production.

— John Bellamy Foster

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The elimination of net neutrality in the United States means further concentration, centralization, and control over the entire Internet by monopolistic service providers.

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