Beautyon rightly pointed out certain contradictions I have with my thought process right now. I recognise that.
Here are my shortcomings:
Calling for internet access to be a 'human right' will mean I will eventually tend towards wanting government intervention in the market in the form of subsidies.
That would fuck with the market because the price discovery and capital creation process in the telecom market gets disrupted which in the long term would be counter-productive to the end goal I want, which is universal internet access.
It is clear that letting the free market do its thing is the best means towards that end, as has been seen in India, where the internet tariffs are among the cheapest in the world. It became so because corps invested in new telecom tech and competitively reduced prices.
Hence, declaring it a human right is not the ideal way to achieve the end goal of universal internet access which would necessitate collectivist intervention.
The better way is to progressively minimise government intervention in the telecom market.
