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'Something out of 1984': FCC makes 'stunning' website edits during heated FCC hearing (www.rawstory.com)

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The FCC changed its website during a heated hearing with FCC chair Brendan Carr.

Carr was responding to questions from lawmakers about whether the agency was independent.

Carr told lawmakers "the FCC is not an independent agency" — within minutes, the FCC had scrubbed the word "independent" from its website, CNN reported.

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CNN media analyst Sara Fischer said it only took the agency 25 minutes.

"So clearly they have made a decision to change their talking points around how they describe this agency," Fischer said.

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[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

There's a level of wealth at which wealth loses meaning. Not in the "all things cost what I consider pocket change" sense, but in the "I'm so wealthy no one charges me money anymore" sense.
What matters then is consolidating that position, and establishing power, as opposed to wealth. It doesn't matter if the economy tanks if your position isn't based on economics. If the anarchy in question is people no longer listening to rules, that's a great time to put yourself in a powerful position that the rules say shouldn't exist. From that perspective, destabilization is just them pushing stuff they don't care about out of the way.