The internet was suppose to be a way of free communication, get away from the rules of elites that want to tell people what to think and how to act
I remember when the internet was new. People, especially social science professor types on the left, loved it- it would give a voice to people without one, let people connect across the world, bypass the interference of The Man, it seemed like it would be the best tool in the world for the proletariat to connect and overthrow their bourgeois oppressors, because as far as the left was concerned, the poor downtrodden masses were basically all democrats anyway, right?
And then they found out that there were people on the internet who actually did NOT agree with them, and holy shit, shut it all down. Ends up if you let anyone say anything, some of it is stuff social science professors don't agree with, and that just can't be allowed. From "Finally, letting anyone speak without a filter" to "Jesus Christ, more filters now! Filters everywhere! Pull the funding from anyone without the proper filters in place! The masses must not be allowed to speak!"
The real shock to the left was that the poor and downtrodden aren't all communists and that the proletariat is often thoroughly, happily capitalist. What a surprise that must have been.
You mean there are people that make less than the average income but still manage their money so well they may as well be rich? And did this without government welfare programs? HOW CAN THIS BE????
I remember when the internet was new. People, especially social science professor types on the left, loved it- it would give a voice to people without one, let people connect across the world, bypass the interference of The Man, it seemed like it would be the best tool in the world for the proletariat to connect and overthrow their bourgeois oppressors, because as far as the left was concerned, the poor downtrodden masses were basically all democrats anyway, right?
And then they found out that there were people on the internet who actually did NOT agree with them, and holy shit, shut it all down. Ends up if you let anyone say anything, some of it is stuff social science professors don't agree with, and that just can't be allowed. From "Finally, letting anyone speak without a filter" to "Jesus Christ, more filters now! Filters everywhere! Pull the funding from anyone without the proper filters in place! The masses must not be allowed to speak!"
The real shock to the left was that the poor and downtrodden aren't all communists and that the proletariat is often thoroughly, happily capitalist. What a surprise that must have been.
You mean there are people that make less than the average income but still manage their money so well they may as well be rich? And did this without government welfare programs? HOW CAN THIS BE????
Yeah. Kulaks ptooie. To the wall with class traitors.