Con democracy argument: the first democracy is at most 2500 years old. For hundreds of thousands of years the human race blossomed without democracy.
The reason the internet was pretty good without any rules for the first 20 years is because big commercial interests didn't understand it until relatively recently, they didn't see the opportunities to exploit the exclusive access to the subscriber's home. They understand it now.
Only in the past 10 years or so have we come to need reasonably-priced and stable internet almost as much as we need electricity or water.
The reason the internet was pretty good without any rules for the first 20 years is because big commercial interests didn't understand it until relatively recently, they didn't see the opportunities to exploit the exclusive access to the subscriber's home. They understand it now.
Only in the past 10 years or so have we come to need reasonably-priced and stable internet almost as much as we need electricity or water.