The FCC is aiding the largest ISPs to destroy the open Internet

“The FCC is inviting ISPs [Internet service providers] to pick winners and losers online,” Michael Weinberg, a vice president at Public Knowledge, said by email. “The very essence of a’”commercial reasonableness’ standard is discrimination. And the core of net neutrality is nondiscrimination. This is not net neutrality.”
The FCC proposal would allow broadband providers to charge higher traffic management prices to Web services that they see as competitors, and dealing with issues on a case-by-case basis would cause confusion for Web entrepreneurs, Weinberg added. “This standard allows ISPs to impose a new price of entry for innovation on the Internet,” he said.
Free Press President and CEO Craig Aaron called on the FCC to pass “real” net neutrality rules.
“With this proposal, the FCC is aiding and abetting the largest ISPs in their efforts to destroy the open Internet,” he said by email. “Giving ISPs the green light to implement pay-for-priority schemes will be a disaster for startups, nonprofits and everyday Internet users who cannot afford these unnecessary tolls. These users will all be pushed onto the Internet dirt road, while deep pocketed Internet companies enjoy the benefits of the newly created fast lanes.” 

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So long, net neutrality? FCC to propose new pay-for-preferential treatment rules

To understand how this affects one aspect of the Internet, let's take the News. The FCC is proposing to ONLY let you hear for example, the rich broadcasters of news say (NBC, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC). So, imagine those are the ONLY points of view you could get in the U.S. ?

So, the points of view of Colleges, Non-profits, individuals etc. simply would not be heard by the majority of people because they would be financially removed from the Internet in effect.

This takes the Internet back to being more like Television was in the pre-cable days of just a few stations being heard with basically only one or two point of view. Do you want this?

There is however, another point of view about all this. When there are big wars there is inherently less freedom in the U.S. until that war is over. We have been in a Cold War in 1945 to 1991 and since the Syrian and now Ukrainian revolution began we have started into another Cold War. The "Free" Internet wouldn't be allowed to exist during the first Cold War and this is also likely true of the Second Cold War we are presently entering into. Governments cannot allow much freedom during ANY big war worldwide.