Indeed, we would trade one villain for another. At this point, I'd rather take government control of the Internet over unelected monopolies who basically own the government anyway. With that, we can at least pretend to have a voice.
The best thing to happen, obviously, would be to go back to the 00s Internet: a cyber wild west where nobody is in control. Alas, tis but a memory.
People always get it backwards… corporations aren’t the ones in control, government is. Corporations buy influence from politicians, not the other way around. It’s important to remember government has the ability to shut down anything, for whatever invented reason they can invent. Government has a monopoly on the use of force that corporations simply can’t compete with.
Indeed, we would trade one villain for another. At this point, I'd rather take government control of the Internet over unelected monopolies who basically own the government anyway. With that, we can at least pretend to have a voice.
The best thing to happen, obviously, would be to go back to the 00s Internet: a cyber wild west where nobody is in control. Alas, tis but a memory.
People always get it backwards… corporations aren’t the ones in control, government is. Corporations buy influence from politicians, not the other way around. It’s important to remember government has the ability to shut down anything, for whatever invented reason they can invent. Government has a monopoly on the use of force that corporations simply can’t compete with.
At one point perhaps, but things have been changed. They weren’t able to destroy Trump. They had to rely on corrupt elections to do that.