• kool_newt@lemm.ee
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    The rulers figured out the internet is too dangerous to their power. They thought they could control it and us, and they did for a long time, but it’s not working anymore. Now they are cracking down on our ability to communicate, to prevent ideas from spreading and taking hold that they cannot tolerate.

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      1 year ago

      ? They’re just following the end game of capitalism, they’re trying to squeeze every last bit of profit out of the internet that they can, it has nothing to do with the internet “threatening” power, they already took care of that with all of the spying laws they passed when the internet started getting popular

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        1 year ago

        Maybe, but capitalism has been the case the entire time, why is social media globally melting down in 2023?

        Also, spying laws are not necessarily effective at containing the spread of ideas.

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          1 year ago

          interest rate hikes, VCs are demanding their money back and companies are scrambling to become profitable/more profitable.

          Edit: forgot to address the other point, they don’t really care about us spreading ideas as long as we don’t actually threaten their power. There is absolutely 0 threat of a socialist revolution anywhere in the west right now