2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I support Bernie 100% - but a few of my fellow supporters are not being realistic [View all]PyaarRevolution
(814 posts)Some of what I'm about to say isn't sexy. Bernie has already mentioned infrastructure so I'll leave that at the door; however, we need to talk about two things with a Bernie presidency past the obvious.
First let's talk about hardening the electrical grid against an EMP. I am NOT referring to an EMP from the idea of a terrorist detonating a nuke in the atmosphere but a solar flare. We know it will happen, it's just a matter of time and if we don't set up this up our electronic infrastructure will be fragged. Democrats and Republicans should be in absolute consensus on this but everyone is ignoring it since our Congress only cares about short term gains. Bernie and all of us need to carry the water on this and force a straight vote, Dems/Republicans should have a unanimous vote on in both Houses of Congress. After all, if the electronic infrastructure is fragged it will be a pain to equitably and most efficiently administrate many government programs and those are the least of our worries.
Secondly, Net Neutrality needs to be implemented in cell phone wireless carriers. Wireless cellular internet like 3G and 4G gets a pass on Net Neutrality right now as far as I know. As part of this, in defense if Net Neutrality is ever revoked and they try to implement Gatekeeper status, everyone here should set up or KNOW how to set up Meshnet.