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somerandmomsloth · 5 years ago

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Republictale Chapter 1 (Howdy this is my first fanfic.. its an undertale fanfic .. it takes place after the Pacifist’s ending. In this fanfic the Undergroud has gained independence and reestablished their government. As you can tell this is an AU of sorts. I hope you enjoy it.)

One day Sans had been visiting the old capital after a meeting he had had. This meeting was held at a council, but not just a council, a senate. A couple years after The Human with the red soul, named Frisk, freed them the people of the Underground were able to exit through the barrier. As time passed they began to coexist with the humans who lived outside. As time went on the Underground spread its borders and became an independent nation. After some time, the people of the Underground noticed a problem. They were still in an outdated government with ancient, but still functional policies. So, the people of the Underground elected three monsters to rule and modernize the Underground. The first branch of the government was the legal branch led by Sans. He was elected as the Grand Judge for his charisma, humor, sense of justice, and strong leadership skills. Sans was partly in control of law making, economics, and legal discussions. The second branch was the militaristic branch, led by Undyne. She was the head of State, or as the people called her, the “Archgeneral”. She was elected since the people of the Underground knew her for her heroism and strong will. She was the leader of the military and handled military operations all over the world. Each of her colleagues were well known commanders in the Royal Guard. And the third branch was the scientific branch led by Alphys, she was the Grand Scientist. Alphys focused on geopolitics, chemicals, industry, and technology. She was elected because she had been an apprentice for the original royal scientist. The old royal family had become nothing more than figure heads.

As Sans walked around in the old royal palace he cringed as he reviewed the meeting he had just left. The senate had been arguing over a trade route between two countries. The thing is they could only choose one of them. The only two countries who were willing to trade with the Underground were also historically rivals. If they chose one then the other would become an enemy by default. The first choice were the Tree People of the Northwest. They were an economically powerful and cultural nation. Plus, trade with them would increase tourism for both parties. On the other hand, there was the mighty Sand Dune Republic of the South. They were a powerful nation that had a strong military and were technologically advanced. Additionally, they had knowledge of strong magic. If the Underground were to trade with them then the Sand Dune Republic could share their technological advances.

Sans was tired of it all. Then he heard a metal clink and he looked up. He had been so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn’t notice he had bumped into someone. It was Undyne in all of her armor.

“Sorry Sans I didn’t see you there”. Once he noticed who he had run into him he remembered the first time he saw her.

He had walked to the River Styx to take a breather from all the stress he’d been having at the lab. Then a red haired girl who had been running back home discovered him by the river. She asked, “are you ok?”. He mumbled “I’m fine, I’m just looking at the bioluminescent blue water.” The girl noticed that there were some tears on his face. She slowly started to feel concern for this boy, she was thinking he may have escaped from the laboratory. His clothes were similar to what the patients wore. “Hey, uhhh, you don’t look well.

Then she asked “do you want to come to the playground with me?”

“Ummm, what’s a playground”, he asked solemnly still looking down at the water.

“Pfft, silly, it’s a place you have fun” she squeaked enthusiastically.

“ok” he shrugs, and hesitantly stood and followed her.

They took the river boat to Snowden to get to the playground. While he quietly rowed the boat she questioned, “Soo, hey what’s your name?”

“Sans” he responded robotically. He didn’t ask for hers, but she said “Well my name’s Undyne” she sang her name playfully. He couldn’t help himself but a smile slowly spread across his face. He looked up and quietly gasped, they had arrived at the playground. Sans had never seen such a beautiful thing before. For most of his life he stayed in a small room in the laboratory. But this, this looked like a fantasy. Children were running and laughing. He couldn’t help but feel excited as they took the boat on shore and began walking towards the playground.

He looked around the playground and at everyone having fun.

Undyne had ran ahead and called out, “come on, come down the slide” and she slid down. “Come on, come try it” Sans walked up to the slide and he slid down. He felt his heart beating faster and the adrenaline running through him. This was the first time he experienced something, something new, something thrilling, something life changing, this was the moment he first discovered… happiness. Soon it grew and grew and he realized he had never felt like this since he was usually stuck in his father’s strict lab. The concept of games, sports and ice cream were all introduced to him. For the first time ever, he was happy and had a social life. He learned about puns from his new friends.

Meanwhile his father caught a glimpse of him while he was on the playground. His father noticed him from afar while he was getting the groceries for the lab.

“What is subject 001 doing on a playground”, he wondered. After this his father became angry and ran towards him and shouted “what are you doing here? How did you get out? Get back to the lab or King Asgor will be angry”. He quickly retreated and Sans’ father looked at the girl and barked to the guardsmen, “take her away however she contacted him we need to interrogate her”. Undyne faced the ground. She just realized that she had made friends with no kid but with a test subject. She thought he was just a normal patient in for a checkup… not an actual government experiment. She had never expected this. Meanwhile Sans, who was upset because he was separated from his first experience of a friend, continued to be yanked harshly by the wrist.

Two days later, maybe to ease the loss of being taken away from his first friend, his dad brought him a new friend. His dad explained “Since I’m not letting you hang out with your other friends, I’ll have my young apprentice, Alphys be with you. Her mother had wanted to prepare her for life so she set Alphys up to be a scientist’s apprentice. While talking Alphys had told Sans that she was one year younger. She was surprised to meet him because she never knew that someone else was in the lab. She was happy to have someone to finally socialize with instead of her strict teacher. They talked for a little while, exchanging facts about themselves. But then Sans abruptly left to “take a nap”. In the privacy of his bed he let himself cry. He was still sad about the happy moment that had been taken from him. His dad stowed him away from the rest of the world and he felt so alone.

Undyne snaps him back to the present, “Sans… are you there”

He jumps back, he had been lost in memory, “Sorry about that”

He was so attached to the foggy memory that he had forgotten Undyne was right in front of him. Then Sans asks, “so Undyne, what were you going to ask me?”

She looks away and blushes, “Sans I know our nation kind of sucks right now, but do you remember the old days and this old hallway?”

“Yes I do Undyne. Yes I do,” said Sans, who blushed as he awkwardly looked down at the ground.

Undyne muttered softly, “I’m tired of constantly going to these world meetings talking about military solutions and peacekeeping operations. I just wish we could… you know just have some stability like it was years before.” She pauses for a second, “honestly I miss the old days, because of you know, me and you. And I guess you were thinking about the time we first met, right?” Undyne said as tears slowly gathered in the corner of her eye.

“Yeah” he stutters.

Undyne hesitantly goes on, “You know maybe we could hang out when all of this political drama is over.” While she’s talking she’s trying to wipe a tear away.

Sans responds back, “Sure, I guess so”

“You know I love you right” she looks up at him when she says this.

“Yeah I love you too” he blushes and smiles. Undyne smiles back at him.

Undyne then lays against a pillar and yawns, “Geez Louise I’m tired!”

Sans, who was also very tired, leans against the pillar next to her and states “I remember Grillb’s was very cozy way back then. Just thinking about is making me sleepy.” Sans continues to think about all that happened over the many years. There were so many happy times. Then his mind remembered how as soon as the human fell his life would change. A promise to the one he made behind the purple door, he would never forget. Even if that human mysteriously disappeared he would still never forget how his life has changed.

Undyne moves her hand closer to Sans, “Do you remember that first time you gave me a Grillby’s hot dog”

“No that wasn’t Grillby’s hot dog, that was one of my homemade cat hotdogs. Or as I call it hot cats”

Undyne chuckles and snickers, “Oh my god, you’re so funny Sans! Your puns are hilarious and yet lame at the same time. I just really miss the old days. So that lab that your dad owned… what was he experimenting on. And second of all, I never saw your mother. Where had she gone? Did you have a mother?”

“Let’s not talk about that please.”

Undyne, who was trying to make the most out of her time with Sans, calmly said, “Ok.” Then she tried to think about how to change the subject.

Undyne leans her head against Sans, “I really miss the old days Sans” Sans leans his head against her. Without realizing it they become lost in their memories. As they became entranced with the memories of their old lives their eyes began to slowly close. Without realizing it they both drifted off to sleep.

#first fanfic #undertale #i hope this isnt trash #au #sans x undyne #sequel #fan made sequel #etc

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rurnruvnru · 3 years ago

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One day Sans had been visiting the old capital after a meeting he had had. This meeting was held at a council, but not just a council, a senate. A couple of years after The Human with the red soul, named Frisk, freed them the people of the Underground were able to exit through the barrier. As time passed they began to coexist with the humans who lived outside. As time went on the Underground spread its borders and became an independent nation. After some time, the people of the Underground noticed a problem. They were still in an outdated government with ancient, but still functional policies. So, the people of the Underground elected three monsters to rule and modernize the Underground.

The first branch of the government was the legal branch led by Sans. He was elected as the Grand Judge for his charisma, humor, sense of justice, and strong leadership skills. Sans was partly in control of law-making, economics, and legal discussions. The second branch was the militaristic branch, led by Undyne. She was the head of state, or as the people called her, the “Archgeneral”. She was elected since the people of the Underground knew her for her heroism and strong will. She was the leader of the military and handled military operations all over the world. Each of her colleagues were well-known commanders in the Royal Guard. And the third branch was the scientific branch led by Alphys, she was the Grand Scientist. Alphys focused on geopolitics, chemicals, industry, and technology. She was elected because she had been an apprentice for the original royal scientist. The old royal family had become nothing more than figureheads.

As Sans walked around in the old royal palace he cringed as he reviewed the meeting he had just left. The senate had been arguing over a trade route between the two countries. The thing is they could only choose one of them. The only two countries that were willing to trade with the Underground were also historically rivals. If they chose one then the other would become an enemy by default. The first choice was the Tree People of the Northwest. They were an economically powerful and cultural nation. Plus, trade with them would increase tourism for both parties. On the other hand, there was the mighty Sand Dune Republic of the South. They were a powerful nation that had a strong military and was technologically advanced. Additionally, they knew strong magic. If the Underground were to trade with them then the Sand Dune Republic could share their technological advances.

Sans was tired of it all. Then he heard a metal clink and he looked up. He had been so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn’t notice he had bumped into someone. It was Undyne in all of her armor.

“Sorry, Sans I didn’t see you there”. Once he noticed who he had run into him he remembered the first time he saw her.

He had walked to the River Styx to take a breather from all the stress he’d been having at the lab. Then a red-haired girl who had been running back home discovered him by the river. She asked, “are you ok?”. He mumbled “I’m fine, I’m just looking at the bioluminescent blue water.” The girl noticed that there were some tears on his face. She slowly started to feel concerned for this boy, she was thinking he may have escaped from the laboratory. His clothes were similar to what the patients wore. “Hey, uh, you don’t look well.

Then she asked, “do you want to come to the playground with me?”

“Ummm, what’s a playground”, he asked solemnly still looking down at the water.

“Pfft, silly, it’s a place you have fun” she squeaked enthusiastically.

“ok” he shrugs, and hesitantly stood and followed her.

They took the riverboat to Snowden to get to the playground. While he quietly rowed the boat she questioned, “Soo, hey what’s your name?”

“Sans” he responded robotically. He didn’t ask for hers, but she said “Well my name’s Undyne” she sang her name playfully. He couldn’t help himself but a smile slowly spread across his face. He looked up and quietly gasped, they had arrived at the playground. Sans had never seen such a beautiful thing before. For most of his life, he stayed in a small room in the laboratory. But this, this looked like a fantasy. Children were running and laughing. He couldn’t help but feel excited as they took the boat on shore and began walking towards the playground.

He looked around the playground and at everyone having fun.

Undyne had ran ahead and called out, “come on, come down the slide” and she slid down. “Come on, come try it” Sans walked up to the slide and he slid down. He felt his heart beating faster and the adrenaline running through him. This was the first time he experienced something, something new, something thrilling, something life-changing, this was the moment he first discovered… happiness. Soon it grew and grew and he realized he had never felt like this since he was usually stuck in his father’s strict lab. The concept of games, sports, and ice cream were all introduced to him. For the first time ever, he was happy and had a social life. He learned about puns from his new friends.

Meanwhile, his father caught a glimpse of him while he was on the playground. His father noticed him from afar while he was getting the groceries for the lab.

“What is subject 001 doing on a playground”, he wondered. After this his father became angry and ran towards him and shouted “what are you doing here? How did you get out? Get back to the lab or King Asgor will be angry”. He quickly retreated and Sans’ father looked at the girl and barked to the guardsmen, “take her away however she contacted him we need to interrogate her”. Undyne faced the ground. She just realized that she had made friends with no kid but with a test subject. She thought he was just a normal patient in for a checkup… not an actual government experiment. She had never expected this. Meanwhile, Sans, who was upset because he was separated from his first experience with a friend, continued to be yanked harshly by the wrist.

Two days later, maybe to ease the loss of being taken away from his first friend, his dad brought him a new friend. His dad explained “Since I’m not letting you hang out with your other friends, I’ll have my young apprentice, Alphys be with you. Her mother had wanted to prepare her for life so she set Alphys up to be a scientist’s apprentice. While talking Alphys had told Sans that she was one year younger. She was surprised to meet him because she never knew that someone else was in the lab. She was happy to have someone to finally socialize with instead of her strict teacher. They talked for a little while, exchanging facts about themselves. But then Sans abruptly left to “take a nap”. In the privacy of his bed, he let himself cry. He was still sad about the happy moment that had been taken from him. His dad stowed him away from the rest of the world and he felt so alone.

Undyne snaps him back to the present, “Sans… are you there”

He jumps back, he had been lost in memory, “Sorry about that”

He was so attached to the foggy memory that he had forgotten Undyne was right in front of him. Then Sans asks, “so Undyne, what were you going to ask me?”

She looks away and blushes, “Sans I know our nation kind of sucks right now, but do you remember the old days and this old hallway?”

“Yes, I do Undyne. Yes I do,” said Sans, who blushed as he awkwardly looked down at the ground.

“Yeah” he stutters.

Undyne hesitantly goes on, “You know maybe we could hang out when all of this political drama is over.” While she’s talking she’s trying to wipe a tear away.

Sans responds back, “Sure, I guess so”

“You know I love you right” she looks up at him when she says this.

“Yeah I love you too” he blushes and smiles. Undyne smiles back at him.

Undyne then lays against a pillar and yawns, “Geez Louise I’m tired!”

Sans, who was also very tired, leans against the pillar next to her and states “I remember Grillby’s was very cozy way back then. Just thinking about is making me sleepy.” Sans continues to think about all that happened over the many years. There were so many happy times. Then his mind remembered how as soon as the human fell his life would change. A promise to the one he made behind the purple door, he would never forget. Even if that human mysteriously disappeared he would still never forget how his life has changed.

Undyne moves her hand closer to Sans, “Do you remember that first time you gave me a Grillb’s hot dog”

“No that wasn’t Grillb’s hot dog, that was one of my homemade cat hotdogs. Or as I call it hot cats”

“Let’s not talk about that please.”

Undyne, who was trying to make the most out of her time with Sans, calmly said, “Ok.” Then she tried to think about how to change the subject.

#undertale #sansxundyne #alphysxundynexsans #dont judge me #rare ship

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thinkingcraft-dianne · 4 years ago

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Literature Reflection: on Latour, Bruno

I enjoy the holistic approach to ‘climate’, being the relations between human beings and the material conditions of their lives. I am not sure if I agree with the statement that only the elite are responsible for influencing this; I believe they are for a great part, but more and more grassroots actions (positive) as well as political bubbles (negative) also are. It is structural problems that increase social inequality, as we;; as a combination of socio-political factors. The author highlights that the absence of a common world is driving us crazy, which I fully agree with on multiple levels. Especially now with covid-19, in which I, as a young person are hurtling towards a future I will inherit but is out of my control. It is interesting that the author draws attention to climate change, the emotional state of people and how this in turn has influence on the political climate. It shows that everything is connected and has a symbiotic relationship to each other. I believe the author makes a blunt conclusion by stating that the climate question is at the heart of all geopolitical issues; variables like authoritarian governing, economical fluctuations and the rise of an all-connected (social media) world also play a big part. Luckily the author states that he is not an expert and therefore will make blunt statements: I believe this is good to provoke thought and discussions on the topic. However many people already make uninformed statements on these matters and I believe this is one of the reasons we can’t hear each other anymore. The term ‘theater of operations’ is something that really stuck with me. Politics feels more and more like a play every year (to me). For eg. debates in the Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives) are studied and almost ‘rehearsed’ for a big part. Also the televised conversation between Putin and Lukashenko comes to mind, and the practice of political gifts. It all feels like a spectacle and a construct in which the original meaning is not apparent anymore.

"Two of the greatest countries of the old "free world" are saying to the others: "Our history will no longer have anything to do with yours; you can go to hell!”—> individualism is a modern day way of living, from a micro to macro level. The author points out that we all feel like we are migrating because we are moving towards unknown territories. Maybe that is why people are all nurtured to save their own skin.

"Do we continue to nourish dreams of escaping, or do we start seeking a territory that we and our children can inhabit? Either we deny the existence of the problem, or elsewe look for a place to land. From now on, this is what divides us all, much more than our positions on the right or the left side of the political spectrum.”This statement is very powerful and something I have been feeling and thinking about lately, without exactly knowing how to put it explicitly into words. I believe the political spectrum of left and right wing is outdated with modern factors like the climate emergency and eventual mass migration.

"How can we not feel inwardly undone bythe anxiety of not knowing how to respond?It is this unease, at once personal and collective, thatgives Trump's election its full importance."—> uncertainty makes a society vulnerable for (radical) ideas. People often read and look for information that confirms their biases.

#literature

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synchronysymphony · 8 years ago

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marius or mary sue: an analysis

okay y’all this may be very offensive, so please don’t read it if you like Marius Pontmercy, because I’m discussing the things he does in the book that gave me Issues and it might not be Nice

Marius is, first and foremost, a self-insert for Victor Hugo. This is not textually supported, so I won’t really discuss it, other than to say that since he isn’t given as much of a well-developed personality as, say Jean Valjean, the problematic things he does come off as much worse, because we have no basis for understanding them. That being said, and speaking of Jean Valjean, I can never forgive Marius for his treatment of him. He’s his father-in-law, and he’s never been anything but kind and caring, but Marius decides that because he’s a convict, he should be cut out of Cosette’s life, and left to die alone. Valjean agrees with this, because as we can see in virtually every episode of the book, he’s a self-sacrificing martyr with horrible self esteem. Once Marius realizes that Valjean saved his life, though, he turns right around, because oh! If he saved my life, all those moral objections I was making before don’t count! He must actually be a good person, because he helped me, and therefore everything’s okay! Which of course bothers me, because it seems like he’s always touted as an emblem of good moral sensibilities and all that, but really, he reshapes his moral compass so many times throughout the course of the book, and is actually quite self-serving. I was raised to believe that we should respect our elders, and of course Marius’s background with his grandfather doesn’t give him that same ideology, but he should still have some measure of human compassion. Here’s a poor, lonely old man, obviously a goodhearted person, since he’s raised Cosette to be so lovely, and Marius ????? takes all the furniture out of the room to make him leave ?????? gosh that’s so petty, and really disrespectful! We would never see Marius treating Mabeuf this way.

Even worse, though, it really bothers me how Marius treats Cosette, throughout their whole story together. It starts when he sees her in the park, decides he’s in love with her, and begins thinking of her as a sexual object, very much immediately. This is evidenced well in the scene where her skirt blows up and exposes her ankle, and he 1830s slut-shames her for it. He’s mad that some other man might have seen his love (his property) in an intimate way, and is intensely jealous. And of course, at this point in time, he hasn’t even spoken to her yet! (This can be contrasted with Courfeyrac, who’s canonically a bit of a player, but who chooses not to flirt with her) (citation needed -- I’m only writing this from what I remember seeing on some meta post) Marius continues on his path, following Cosette, watching her, even arbitrarily assigning her a name, and completely disrespecting any sorts of boundaries that she might have. In the book, of course, she’s okay with this, but then again, when all of this starts, she’s only 15, and quite sheltered, to boot. I know that at that age, I would have been flattered to have an older man paying attention to me, and would write off anything uncomfortable! After awhile, once his behavior scares Valjean away (understandable -- if I were a parent, I would be very alarmed to have an adult man continually staring at my teenage daughter for hours on end), he decides to break into her garden, because of course that’s what you should do to someone you want to ask on a date. In a modern-day scenario, this would be very weird– Marius, a grown adult, asks his gang-affiliated friend to scope out his crush’s address and give it to him so he can go visit and leave her anonymous love letters in the dead of night. He doesn’t consider that this might be unwelcome, because, again, he believes that Cosette is his love, and therefore belongs to him. He continues to deny her agency as the book goes on, withholding information and money from her, and not trusting her with any life matters besides being his sweet, obedient wife. This can be seen in the scene when Valjean comes to visit the day after their wedding, and Cosette keeps trying to come in the room, but Marius won’t stop sending her away because he wants to talk about Secret Business with Valjean. Valjean is her father, and in fact, they’re talking about her inheritance, but Marius doesn’t want her input. He then proceeds to gaslight her, pretending that he’s not trying his damnedest to cut her father out of her life, and acting like a good husband, when in fact, their marriage is so full of lies that it may as well be a soap opera. This finally culminates in her reaching her dying father’s bedside, not knowing anything about him, and having to learn about his true life from a letter. However, Marius shows quite little remorse for all of this, so there’s no reason to hope that Cosette will be treated any better now that Valjean’s reputation has been redeemed.

For some context, I’d like to compare Marius and Cosette to Tholomyes and Fantine. Of course, Marius isn’t as bad as Tholomyes, but they do behave similarly to some extent. Tholomyes consistently lied to Fantine throughout their whole relationship, and importantly, withheld information from her. He made up for it by buying her nice things and taking care of her financially, because of course the life of a parentless grisette is hard. And then he abandoned her, and of course, this is awful, and I wish I could punch him. But, these are all things that Marius does, too! In fact, he’s even less lavish in his treatment of Cosette, because he doesn’t want to use “dirty money,” so he makes her economize rather severely. Now, I wouldn’t say that Marius would leave Cosette, because he thinks that he owns her, and he’s too conscientious to walk out. But it does bear thinking about, doesn’t it? Cosette’s love story is thought to be so wonderful and special, but it’s really somewhat like her mother’s. There aren’t a ton of other romantic relationships in the novel to compare with for further analysis, other than the Thenardiers (blah) and Eponine and Marius (which I don’t read as totally romantic but ,,,,) and Enjolras and Grantaire (who aren’t really canon, and don’t have much textual interaction), so it could be the case that Hugo thinks Marius and Cosette’s relationship is a healthy one. Still, though, there’s something to be said for partial death-of-the-author, and I think it’s okay to read this through modern eyes as well as with the context of the 1860s in mind. And when we do, we see a really problematic and imbalanced relationship between a naive young girl and an intelligent, conniving, and manipulative man whose preoccupations are first and foremost with himself (I could give examples dw). It seems like a recipe for disaster!

Marius is smart, of course, and he’s brave, and he does do some cool things. As a linguist, I can’t help but admire how he learned two languages in two months! He saved the barricade, which was cool (but also scary, because he proved that he’s just fine with shooting a man and not feeling super bad about it, while Enjolras, the proclaimed “terrible” radical leader, had to execute someone so his friends wouldn’t have to, cried about it, and decided he deserved death for doing so). And I do understand where he’s coming from, because his background isn’t good, and of course he’s missing a lot of input and things like that. But! He does a lot of problematic things, and does not fit well into the progressive ideas of the novel as a whole. In fact, he feels more like an anachronism. While Cosette represents hope, and Valjean represents salvation, and Les Amis represent change, Marius represents... what, exactly? He’s a backslide into the outdated ideals of pre-revolution morality, Napoleonic both in his outlook, and in his characterization. While every other character shows development (even the Thenardiers, albeit in a bad way), Marius remains stuck where he is, as an entitled 20-something whose main ideology revolves primarily around himself. He’s not a good hero to me.

And so, this is why I don’t like Marius Pontmercy.

#WOW!#sorry emily LOL this was so long #les mis #marius tag #gosh i miss writing :(#i want to write a literary essay right Now #this is like //// pre-draft status haha

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kennethmjoyner · 5 years ago

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Updating Ineffective, Outdated, and Manual Processes

Litera’s business continuity series dives into the unprecedented challenges we are all facing and looks at how technology can help provide what law firms need to continue serving their clients, even while their teams are working remotely, unable to travel or meet face-to-face with clients, and otherwise disrupted from their regular routines. You can find the introduction here.

In 2015, an article in The Atlantic asked why so many law firms seemed to be trapped in 1995. The author noted that, at that time, “New technologies and increased competition are forcing the legal industry to slowly remake itself.” While change remained gradual in the years after that remark, the global coronavirus pandemic has compelled the legal industry to transform virtually overnight.

Nina Gratrick, Head of IT Services at international law firm Watson Farley & Williams told me: “I am seeing an unprecedented amount of activity and engagement with technology and at this time am looking to deliver a project that would have taken 12 months in 12 days. Although we talk about agile working, this shift is driving digital transformation in a way that we could not have anticipated.”

As challenging as our current situation is, it’s also an opportunity for lawyers and law firms to examine their processes and jettison those that are outdated, ineffective, time-wasting, and slow. I’m a Lean Six Sigma fan and practitioner, but you don’t need a certification to start analyzing your processes and identifying areas for improvement and reinvention.

Consider whether any of the following outdated processes are impeding your ability to continue serving your clients during this disruption—and beyond.

1. Going to an office to work.

Many law firms are stuck in an old paradigm: “If you’re not in the office, you’re not working.” The traditional law firm culture assumes that lawyers who are at their desks are being productive and lawyers who aren’t visible aren’t working. This assumption misses the mark on both parts. Worse, this attitude alienates younger generations who understand that work can, in fact, happen anywhere, and simultaneously demeans more seasoned employees who believe they should have earned greater trust by now. While current shelter-in-place orders have forced a temporary cessation in this approach to legal work, the mindset underlying it persists.

New process: Work from anywhere.

Now that people around the world have been asked or ordered to stay home whenever possible, law firm leaders are confronted with the need to trust their staff to work remotely. With modern document management technology, you can access your documents and client files in the cloud and effectively serve your clients from home, on the road, or wherever else you happen to be. This process improvement won’t just help law firms weather the coronavirus crisis; it will also help them adapt to the new generation of Millennials in the workforce.

2. Emailing memo-after-memo instead of picking up the phone.

Where do we even start with this one? In recent years, lawyers have developed a tendency to overemphasize email in lieu of actual two-way conversation. Many also still work as if they’re being paid by the word. This approach is inefficient for lawyers and clients alike. Clients do not want to read lengthy memos. They want concise answers to their real concerns—which may or may not be reflected in the question they asked.

New process: Call or video chat and distill your message to an executive summary.

These past few weeks there has been a tremendous upsurge in people connecting more effectively through both video chats and phone calls. Those conversations are an opportunity for lawyers to connect with their clients on a more human level and deepen their relationships. Just as importantly, lawyers can use those exchanges to drill down into the client’s presenting question or concern. What’s motivating the client to reach out? What do they need to know and understand? Instead of just answering the question the client asked, you can truly add value by understanding how they will use the information provided. Perhaps a one-paragraph executive summary that can form part of a board deck is more effective, instead of the nine-page opinion underlying your conclusion. If they want to know more, they’ll ask.

3. Delegating rather than automating.

Many lawyers have grown so accustomed to working only in their offices that they’ve become overly reliant on a panoply of expensive, burdensome office amenities. They’re used to high-volume printers and scanners, both operated by administrative assistants. Their offices have dual screens, bulky outdated computers, and an IT staff just down the hall who can help them troubleshoot issues. Your home office is almost certainly devoid of these resources. If you’re now overwhelmed with menial tasks because you haven’t automated those tasks, it’s a sure sign that you’re overdue to update both your technology and your processes.

New process: Automate repetitive tasks.

With tools like Litera Desktop that provide a unified platform for all document-related tasks, attorneys can automate aspects of document creation, proofreading, comparison, and more without needing to call on support staff or waste their own time. Frankly, automation isn’t optional at this point. The result of all this economic upheaval and uncertainty is that some people aren’t working at all, while others are trying to do twice as much with half the staff. In this climate, no one has time for slow, tedious, manual drudgery. It’s been annoying all along, but now it’s simply unsustainable. Automating repetitive tasks lets teams get more done faster so they can keep their business moving.

4. Real time, asynchronous collaboration.

The old way of working on documents demanded that lawyers collaborate at the same time, often in the same physical space.

New process: Collaborate asynchronously with documents in the cloud.

With cloud-based documents and simple review and document comparison tools, colleagues can continue working collaboratively despite the physical and temporal separations they’re experiencing. This also allows clients and lawyers to minimize their low-value check-in interactions and ensure that they’re getting a higher value out of their conversations.

5. Signing paper documents.

The practice of law remains paper-driven, particularly when it comes to transactions. Lawyers typically shuffle boxes of papers, courier packets back and forth to collect physical signatures, and stay at the office into the wee hours trying to assemble complete closing books. Now, courts are shuttered and many firms that relied on paper have been unable to close their deals or make any meaningful forward progress.

New process: Streamline transactions by digitizing closing books and using e-signatures.

By removing the paper from transactions, there’s no need for large-scale office equipment, face-to-face meetings, or signature packet deliveries. Digital transactions are what’s enabled us to keep completing deals despite the disruption in our daily lives.

In fact, we think this is so important—and the consequences to both the economy and human health so dramatic—that Litera is offering a lite version of Litera Transact free for six months. With this free version, you’ll be able to create digital checklists, assemble closing books in the cloud, and obtain e-signatures—with no face-to-face contact, no paper, no couriers, no mailing, and no trips into the office.

Your processes dictate your results. Don’t let outdated, inefficient processes limit your ability to work in these challenging times or hinder the outcomes you can achieve for your clients.

Abhijat Saraswat is the VP of International Business at Litera. In his role, he has helped some of the most prestigious and largest international firms gain access to legal solutions that help their lawyers create higher quality work, faster.

Abhijat was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2015. Abhijat has worked for a number of large multi-national corporations across a range of sectors, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Forensic Science and Neuroscience from the University of Keele, UK.

As a legal technologist, Abhijat frequently attends and speaks at conferences and trade shows, and he is the host of the popular Fringe Legal Podcast.

You can reach him at: [email protected].

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Modernity and Globalisation Lecture

Pre industrial society consisted of a rigid hierarchy and feudalism; your status was determined by lineage and you stayed in that fixed status your whole life. During the fourteenth century there began an expansion of trade creating early capitalism, which included a lot of trade of wool and cloths. People began to discard of clothes due to new season lines and looks becoming outdated. Prior to capitalism clothes were seen to the mass as practical and they were only changed when worn out. It created the start of aesthetic change that was accessible to more than just the wealthy. Cloth signified status, dress was dictated by wealth, poor people wore blanket cloth, craftsmen of guilds wore cloth that reflected their vocation and the wealthy wore rich coloured, extravagant clothing they could afford. Europe in the middle ages up to the eighteenth century held legal restrictions on what a person could wear, based on their rank. You weren’t able to dress above your rank as a way of attempting to maintain a social stability, and control the fixed status of social positions of the elite. Lower classes must ‘know their place’. With industrial revolution, this law became difficult to maintain, as garments could be mass produced and easily afforded. Clothing became cheaper, and mass produced, meaning a new class system called middle class was created, were working class people had the ability to express themselves in clothing they could afford.

Revolution

Began in late eighteenth century in England. The nature of capitalism dramatically changed as more people could afford more clothing and materialistic goods. The rise of the middle class was helped by rapid expansions of cities where people migrated from the countryside to work and climb up the social ladder, which wasn’t possible before. Your ties to your background, such as being born in a lower social rank didn’t mean you were stuck in that position now, due to social mobility. The invention of the sewing machine, patented by Singer in 1851 made the mass production of clothing possible. Historically, handmade textiles, such as tapestries and embroidered silks, were considered among the noblest of arts, but the sewing machine reduced the art form of these practises at first.

Shopping became a leisure activity due to industrialisation, the act of browsing just because of aesthetic pleasure. Women could go unaccompanied by men to meet other men, so it became a social ground too.

“modernity is a changing point of art.

The easy access of reproducing art.” -Walter Benjamin

Identity in late capitalism

Globalisation involves increasing multidirectional economic, social, cultural and political connections. The positives of globalisation include, freedom to go better places and a sharing environment that enables advances in technology and other areas. However, it also made way for a homogenous world where some countries rained dominance over others, due to stronger political power. The British empire had this power, but in the modern world now, Americanisation is strongest, a lot through the politics and culture of the country (global scale companies).

The human cost of modernity

Employment increases with modernity and globalisation, the employment of young girls who sleep and eat on the premises, up to 15,000 girls are the slaves of their employers in third world countries, hardly able to hold a needle at the end of the day.

Even though modernity creates an excitement for what the world is going to be given, it has many downfalls, like the harsh working conditions for young women.

The creation of the steam train allowed these mass produced goods to be easily transported

But could of also been scary to some, as trains bombarded through the tranquil home of people living in the countryside

Late modernity and globalisation

A new phase in capitalism from 1950/60 onwards. There was an overlap between government and big businesses, for instance, items were made in Italy and designed in UK. Post industrial societies decline in manual labour in European countries, shifted to Asian countries due to the cheaper manual labour and the ability to exploit workers and gain more profit in companies.

Globalisation involves increasing multidirectional economic, social, cultural and political connections across the world to decrease the communication gap.

Key dates that triggered shift in globalisation:

1970s marked shift in globalisation -Rise of global mass media

End of Cold War in 1980s

Collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991

Dismantling of colonialism

Globalisation positive and negative effects

Positive:

more interconnections developments in technology

fashion can be shared globally

Negatives:

Americanisation- loss of traditions

A homogenous world

dominance of certain countries because of stronger economic and political power eg USA and western counties

Rana plaza disaster, 1134 people died, clothing building collapsed

Have working conditions improved since industrialisation or has the production of garments simply become further away and more hidden?

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The spreading ‘demographic time bomb’?

Valentina Resetarits, Business Insider Deutschland, Dec. 5, 2017

“Kabukicho,” he said. “The hotel my company booked is in Kabukicho.”

That seemed a little strange to me. You might call Kabukicho the red-light district in Tokyo. Hostess bars, nightclubs, street prostitutes--not an environment where I would have expected a classic hotel chain.

When we turned the corner and I saw our hotel, it was clear to me. It had no windows, and the prices were calculated in hours. My friend’s company had accidentally booked a Love Hotel for us. Now, a Love Hotel isn’t as disreputable as you might think it is--okay, except for the whirlpool with pink lighting and the plush slippers. It is an important part of everyday Japanese culture. Young lovers who still live with their parents, married couples whose homes lack privacy, or even people having affairs meet in these hourly hotels to let go of their inhibitions.

From 2010 to 2011 I studied at a university in Japan and got to know the strange relationship Japanese culture has to love and sexuality. I’d almost call it schizophrenic. On the one hand, Japanese people would never, not even among friends, use words like “penis” or “vagina” (when an exchange student once did it, the Japanese were embarrassed). On the other hand, more than once I found myself sitting on the subway next to a businessman who, quite unashamedly, leafed through hard-core manga porn.

But what frightens me the most is that many of the things I found strange back then, seven years ago, I see today in Europe.

Japan has a sex problem. Economists speak of a “demographic time bomb.” The population is getting older and older, but fewer and fewer children are being born.

This is also a problem in other industrialized countries, but nowhere more devastating than in Japan. The nation suffers from the fact that declining consumption weakens the economy. This causes families to have fewer children, which in turn weakens the economy even further. On average, women in Japan have 1.41 children.

Japan has become a sexless and celibate society. In a survey conducted by the Meiji Yasuda Institute of Life and Wellness, 39% of Japanese women and 62% of Japanese between 25 and 35 years of age stated that they have never had a really serious relationship.

Why do so many young people remain alone? Two worlds are currently colliding in Japan: those of the time of the economic miracle and those of modern culture.

During the early 1950s, Japan prioritized economic growth. The government required large companies to offer open-ended jobs and, in return, those companies demanded lifelong loyalty from employees. The model emerged at that time and led to the economic miracle in the 1960s.

At the same time, however, this had the unpleasant side effect that people were working more and more. It is not for nothing that a special word has been created in Japan for those who die as a result of revision: karoshi. I remember the rush hour I had to go through seven years ago, where employees stood in their white shirts and black suit pants and skirts with their iPhones, or these white folding white phones, squeezed in the subway.

As a student, I walked past office complexes where all the lights were on at 9 p. m., people sitting in these countless rows of tables staring at their screens. At that time I was already wondering what kind of life it must be that consists only of getting up, working, and sleeping. I’m not surprised these people have no strength for dates.

But there is another problem: For a long time, it was customary for women to marry quickly after university, and take care of the household and children while their husbands earned money. This unspoken rule is still cemented in the minds of many people. A good friend of mine was asked several times in a derogatory way if she was a lesbian because she is not yet engaged or married at the age of 24.

However, young people have nevertheless changed. Women feel pressured to give up their careers as soon as they are married, but they don’t want to. The logical consequence? You just stay single.

This development leads to strange trends such as weddings where there is only one bride and no groom--because women marry themselves. They don’t want to miss the big day with wedding dress and cake, but don’t want to tie themselves to a man.

About a year ago, a headline made the round, saying more and more Japanese people marry their good friends and acquaintances. To be honest: I also have some Japanese girlfriends who simply married their buddies, college mates, and acquaintances. “It’s not passionate love, but there is security,” said one of them. They live together in an apartment and each of them pursues their own work. Social pressure has lessened.

In addition, there is the strange Japanese relationship to sexuality. You would think that people are looking for one-night stands if they don’t want to have a relationship, but many people are too uptight for that. When in doubt, they prefer to concentrate on fictional sex objects in manga porn or video games instead of chatting at a bar.

The Love Hotel is not the result of a sexual revolution--it’s the symptom of a major social problem. Those who don’t even want to be heard peeing in the toilet (yes, that’s why there are automatic rinsing noises at the push of a button) certainly don’t want the others to know that they have a sex life.

Since rent prices in Tokyo are among the highest in the world and even four-person families often only live in a 50-square-meter apartment, you have to make a financial and logistical effort to go to a Love Hotel and have sex. According to a survey conducted in 2016, about 4.5 million people aged between 35 and 54 still live with their parents. So the question is obvious: Where should people come together except in hourly hotels?

These people, who are still unmarried at the age of 30 and live with their parents, are called “parasitic singles,” so you can imagine how much these people are worth in Japanese society.

So far, there is no empirical evidence that Sekkusu shinai shokogun, as the phenomenon of the sexless society is called, actually exists. However, if we are honest, certain features are now also visible in Germany.

We work as much as we did 25 years ago, according to data from the Federal Statistical Office. Obviously, one third of German companies are working above the limit,” said IW CEO Michael Hüther recently to the “Welt.” The fact that Germans are spending more time at work is associated with the economic upswing.

I see these zombies, who are stuck together with their smartphones in the subway and don’t see their surroundings anymore, more and more often in Germany. Then let’s consider another study from the “Archives of Sexual Behaviour” from 2016, according to which young people in the USA, a western country, have less sex nowadays than the generation X and baby boomers. This phenomenon is no longer as Japanese as one might think.

Technical progress is also part of our culture. High-tech snoops, virtual figures, humanized robots--what we might have always found odd about Japanese or Chinese culture up to now will soon be able to assert itself in our country as well. If no one needs a partner anymore (not to mention having the time for one), then Germany can also become a “demographic time bomb.”

I spent a year experiencing what an outdated, overworked, and inhibited society looks like. Don’t get me wrong: The year in Japan was one of my best. But I don’t wish it for my everyday life.

#Japan #life in Japan #love hotels #demographic time bomb #Germany

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Living in Japan for a year, I saw reasons for its 'demographic time bomb' everywhere — and now I'm seeing the same troubling signs at home

Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images

Economists agree Japan is a "demographic time bomb." The population is getting older, but fewer children are being born.

Living in Japan for a year, the author saw why: The culture seems to emphasize hard work, and de-emphasize sex and relationships.

Now, back home in Germany years later, she's starting to see patterns among Europeans that she saw in Japan, like people working to the detriment of their relationships and being absorbed in their phones.

"Kabukicho," he said. "The hotel my company booked is in Kabukicho."

That seemed a little strange to me. You might call Kabukicho the red-light district in Tokyo. Hostess bars, nightclubs, street prostitutes — not an environment where I would have expected a classic hotel chain.

When we turned the corner and I saw our hotel, it was clear to me. It had no windows, and the prices were calculated in hours. My friend's company had accidentally booked a Love Hotel for us. Now, a Love Hotel isn't as disreputable as you might think it is — okay, except for the whirlpool with pink lighting and the plush slippers. It is an important part of everyday Japanese culture. Young lovers who still live with their parents, married couples whose homes lack privacy, or even people having affairs meet in these hourly hotels to let go of their inhibitions.

From 2010 to 2011 I studied at a university in Japan and got to know the strange relationship Japanese culture has to love and sexuality. I'd almost call it schizophrenic. On the one hand, Japanese people would never, not even among friends, use words like "penis" or "vagina" (when an exchange student once did it, the Japanese were embarrassed). On the other hand, more than once I found myself sitting on the subway next to a businessman who, quite unashamedly, leafed through hard-core manga porn.

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Japan's sex problem

 But what frightens me the most is that many of the things I found strange back then, seven years ago, I see today in Europe.

Japan has a sex problem. Economists speak of a "demographic time bomb." The population is getting older and older, but fewer and fewer children are being born.

Lots of work, little pleasure

 Why do so many young people remain alone? Two worlds are currently colliding in Japan: those of the time of the economic miracle and those of modern culture.

As a student, I walked past office complexes where all the lights were on at 9 p. m., people sitting in these countless rows of tables staring at their screens. At that time I was already wondering what kind of life it must be that consists only of getting up, working, and sleeping. I'm not surprised these people have no strength for dates.

Junko Kimura/Getty Images

Women choose career instead of marriage

However, young people have nevertheless changed. Women feel pressured to give up their careers as soon as they are married, but they don’t want to. The logical consequence? You just stay single.

This development leads to strange trends such as weddings where there is only one bride and no groom — because women marry themselves. They don't want to miss the big day with wedding dress and cake, but don't want to tie themselves to a man.

About a year ago, a headline made the round, saying more and more Japanese people marry their good friends and acquaintances. To be honest: I also have some Japanese girlfriends who simply married their buddies, college mates, and acquaintances. "It's not passionate love, but there is security," said one of them. They live together in an apartment and each of them pursues their own work. Social pressure has lessened.

Chris McGrath/Getty Images

A strange relationship with sexuality

In addition, there is the strange Japanese relationship to sexuality. You would think that people are looking for one-night stands if they don't want to have a relationship, but many people are too uptight for that. When in doubt, they prefer to concentrate on fictional sex objects in manga porn or video games instead of chatting at a bar.

The Love Hotel is not the result of a sexual revolution — it's the symptom of a major social problem. Those who don't even want to be heard peeing in the toilet (yes, that's why there are automatic rinsing noises at the push of a button) certainly don't want the others to know that they have a sex life.

These people, who are still unmarried at the age of 30 and live with their parents, are called "parasitic singles," so you can imagine how much these people are worth in Japanese society.

Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Is the problem also affecting Germany?

We work as much as we did 25 years ago, according to data from the Federal Statistical Office. Obviously, one third of German companies are working above the limit," said IW CEO Michael Hüther recently to the "Welt." The fact that Germans are spending more time at work is associated with the economic upswing.

I see these zombies, who are stuck together with their smartphones in the subway and don't see their surroundings anymore, more and more often in Germany. Then let's consider another study from the "Archives of Sexual Behaviour" from 2016, according to which young people in the USA, a western country, have less sex nowadays than the generation X and baby boomers. This phenomenon is no longer as Japanese as one might think.

Technical progress is also part of our culture. High-tech snoops, virtual figures, humanized robots — what we might have always found odd about Japanese or Chinese culture up to now will soon be able to assert itself in our country as well. If no one needs a partner anymore (not to mention having the time for one), then Germany can also become a "demographic time bomb."

I spent a year experiencing what an outdated, overworked, and inhibited society looks like. Don't get me wrong: The year in Japan was one of my best. But I don't wish it for my everyday life.

NOW WATCH: These Japanese hotels are run almost entirely by robots — and they want to expand to 100 more locations

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If you live in the country, there’s a good chance you don’t have broadband-speed internet.

Only one in ten Americans lack access to a connection that meets the government’s new standard for the designation, but more than two thirds of them live in rural areas. In those regions, nearly 40 percent of people can’t get broadband.

Experts worry this digital divide is slowing small-town economic development at a time when farm and factory jobs are vanishing and young people and retailers are fleeing for cities.

SEE ALSO: If you’re poor, now you can get a subsidy for Internet access

Donald Trump, who capitalized on this despair in his run for the White House, finally offered a concrete answer to this problem, however vague, in an Iowa speech this week.

The president said he plans to propose an expansion of broadband access to remote areas as part of an ambitious infrastructure bill.

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Trump said limited broadband is keeping farmers from using the latest agricultural technology, like big data tools that track crop growth and soil conditions or online livestock auctions.

“We must ensure that [agriculture] students have the broadband internet access they need in order to succeed and thrive in this very new and very changed economy, and world,” he told the crowd at Kirkwood Community College, a school that specializes in farm tech. “Farming is very beautiful to me I’m not a farmer but I’d be happy to be one.”

An agronomist and a farm manager measure soil moisture and collect samples for salinity testing in The Coachella Valley, California.

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The White House didn’t offer any details as to how such an expansion might be implemented or how much of a budget he’d allot it.

Nevertheless, the support was no doubt welcome news to farm lobbies and capitol hill lawmakers who’ve urged the president to fit the issue into his plan to rebuild the country’s roads and bridges.

“Rural broadband, we need that quite honestly more than we need roads and bridges in many of the counties I represent,” Rep. Austin Scott, a Georgia Republican, said in a House committee hearing last month.

So why hasn’t anything been done to meet this demand? Laying the fiber optic cables needed for broadband connections can cost up to $30,000 per mile. That investment simply isn’t economical for telecom and cable companies in sparsely populated areas with few potential customers to justify the spending.

That means people in there are often stuck with copper lines that are too weak for high-speed data. Many of these consumers are stranded in the dial-up age, while others rely on spotty satellite or cell service.

A map of fixed and unfixed broadband coverage as of 2016.

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The federal government has historically helped fill utility gaps like these through subsidies and other incentives for the private sector, public works, or a combination of both.

The playbook’s no different in this case. The Federal Communications Commission and other agencies have dolled out tens of billions in subsidies to providers for more than two decades.

Yet the divide persists for a variety of reasons. Some of these programs have been mismanaged, in other instances, providers don’t live up to promised connection speeds or the government later raises the broadband threshold, and sometimes, markets are so unattractive that private companies even turn down government funds to avoid them.

Wrapping an expansion drive in a big-money infrastructure plan could be a rare opportunity fort the government power past such piecemeal efforts. And it’s one of the few Trump policies that appeals to both sides of the aisle.

Disagreements abound, however, on the best way to approach expansion and the respective roles of public and private entities.

In the case that Trump does follow through with the plan, Congress will need to carefully craft an intricate system of policy mechanisms in cooperation with state and local governments. It won’t be easy, but the prospect could certainly be promising.

‘Removing stop signs and traffic lights’

Trump’s FCC chair Ajit Pai has already said he wants to make broadband access a top priority, despite having voted against various items that would have furthered this agenda as a commissioner.

“One of the most significant things that Ive seen during my time here is that there is a digital divide in this countrybetween those who can use cutting-edge communications services and those who do not,” Pajit told FCC staff on his first day.

Pajit has been pushing a plan for months that mostly amounts to removing rules around how broadband infrastructure is installed. He claims regulations are discouraging telecoms from investing in rural areas.

The FCC passed a notice in April that aims to let businesses bypass local and state construction laws such as permit requirements for attaching fiber cables to utility poles and eliminate caps on how much providers can charge consumers.

Several consumer advocacy groups oppose this approach and argue that it won’t expand broadband coverage and could even diminish service.

Public Knowledge, a public interest group focused on digital competition, said in an FCC filing that Pajit’s proposal will “abandon critical consumer protections, threaten the stability and reliability of the nation’s communications networks, and railroad state and local governments, all for the apparent convenience of incumbent telecommunications providers.”

Megan Clyburn, the sole Democrat left on the commission, voted for the item despite some apparent reservations.

“On the road from legacy to modern services, this item seeks comment on removing stop signs and traffic lights along the way,” she said in a statement on the vote. “I only hope, that we do not crash and burn.”

That deregulation proposal, along with a scheme of tax credits, loosened restrictions on bonds and other incentives, have since morphed into a bill introduced in the senate last month with bipartisan sponsorship.

Two other bills aimed at creating a more consistent and comprehensive replacement for the government’s outdated broadband coverage maps are making their way through the house and senate respectively with similar cross-party support.

The Democrats also unveiled their own long-shot $1-trillion infrastructure bill in the week after Trump’s inauguration that sets aside $20 billion for broadband installments.

Troubling signs

Despite Pajit’s full-throated support for broadband expansion, he’s also given plenty of indication that he’s not committed to the ideal of equal internet access in the same way most progressive consumer advocates would like.

Geography of access is only the first hurdle in bridging the digital divide. Affordability of access is a perhaps even greater challenge, especially because steep barriers of entry and esoteric policies have created exploitative monopolies and duopolies in many regions.

Pajit’s FCC hasn’t shown much interest in resolving that issue. In a reversal of his predecessor’s policy in February, Pai blocked nine companies from offering discounted service to low-income areas through the agency’s Lifeline program, which was originally created to subsidize phone service in 1985. The next month, he delegated oversight of the program to state governments in a move that opponents say could hand more power to telecoms and cable companies to kill competition.

Pajit argues that the landmark regulatory framework his predecessor entrenched to protect net neutrality the notion that providers should treat all internet traffic as equal has curbed new investments in low-income and rural areas by restraining potential profits. Net neutrality proponents say there’s limited data to back up this claim a favorite talking point of cable and telecom lobbyists and peeling back the rules will ultimately hurt consumers.

In any case, Pajit’s actions have suggested a clear priority of business interests over those of consumers characteristic of the Trump administration. If that’s any indication of how Trump plans to approach the problem in his infrastructure bill, it’s likely to be a bumpy road.

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