[Citation Needed] Those of us old enough to remember the early public Internet and who helped build it never saw the sky fall as predicted.
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Replying to @The_Petrichory @Outsideness
It wasn't then what it is now. Even the original creators of the internet were doing so to share research and not to create a world-wide exchange of porn and cat pictures. This is a case of the technology exceeding it's original intentions to great benefit for all.
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Replying to @PalinskiAuthor @Outsideness
The original creators wanted a network enabling military communication even if major cities were nuked. Academic justification came later.
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Replying to @The_Petrichory @Outsideness
Im still not seeing any rationale for why excepting it could be "reinstated later." Let's jump to later and leave it alone now.
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Replying to @PalinskiAuthor @Outsideness
Because it represents state control - a growing bureaucracy, not a shrinking one - and everyone should be naturally skeptical of that.
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Replying to @The_Petrichory @Outsideness
In this case, it's not the level of control your insisting. Saying "thou shalt not do this one thing" is not institutionalizing socialism or communication. I don't think it even open the door for comparables that I would emphatically oppose Gov overreach on.
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Replying to @PalinskiAuthor @Outsideness
Have you not been paying attention? First they begin with the noble lie (that we need them to "protect" this). In a generation, when we're comfortable with their control, they tighten the screws. This is Cathedral-driven creeping socialism as it ever was. Think on that.
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Replying to @The_Petrichory @Outsideness
I suppose it comes down to this: if not a guarantee of equal accessibility, what protections (or none) would you like to retain against an ISP informational hegemony? A free market approach is ideal, but well-worn human corruption is a fact. Eventually we suffer either way.
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Replying to @PalinskiAuthor @Outsideness
>ISP informational hegemony This is impossible. 1. Everyone loves the Internet. 2. Nobody can get rid of information completely already. Has child porn gone away? Drug sales? Human trafficking? These are already facilitated by the Internet and are difficult to eradicate. Why?
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Replying to @The_Petrichory @Outsideness
They are facilitated because its one facet of human nature (poor impulse control). The people w/ the means to perpetuate are those w/ the "route-arounds" mentioned in another tweet. Greed isn't going away either. Greed is good until its unchecked. Ending
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If you're going to stubbornly stick to the "Only the government can save us" line, all I can say is that it won't.
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Replying to @Outsideness @The_Petrichory
I am aware that it won't. But the market in this instance won't save us as it currently is either. This is what I don't want:pic.twitter.com/ubrXNfxY7v
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