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House Kills SOPA

Posted by samzenpus on Monday January 16, 2012 @03:00AM from the on-second-thought dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In a surprise move, Representative Eric Cantor (R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA, effectively killing the bill. This move was most likely due to the huge online protest and the White House threatening to veto the bill if it had passed. But don't celebrate yet. PIPA (the Senate's version of SOPA) is still up for consideration."

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Re:Corporatism aka right wing politics by LDAPMAN · 2012-01-16 04:50 · Score: 0, Flamebait

ALL politics is about maintaining hierarchies. The only difference is which hierarchy.
Re:Corporatism aka right wing politics by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-16 04:57 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Corporatism is just a facet of the right wing. Right wing politics are about the maintenance and strengthening of the hierarchy of society, and corporations fit squarely into that hierarchy.
In some countries, that might be true. In America, corporatism is bipartisan. Seriously, go back and read the list of SOPA sponsors.
The left wing embraces corporatism as much as the right wing does, because corporations bribe the left wing just as much as they do the right wing. Check out Obama's johns and Romney's johns and try to tell the two whores apart.