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		Why do governments always get Internet policy wrong? (paulbernal.wordpress.com)
		2 points by cstross on April 2, 2012 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

read_wharf on April 2, 2012 [–]

Because their motivation is control and their major influence is moneyed lobbyists representing arbitrary interests.

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