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[–] captain_aggravated 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I wonder if we need to abandon the internet as it currently exists as a whole and start over from first principles and license all the software in such a way that prevents shareholders from profiting. After religion, that's the main thing ruining global society at the moment, is shareholder profits.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What you want is called "ending capitalism"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Interesting.

Go on.

[–] captain_aggravated 10 points 2 years ago

Sounds good to me.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste 2 points 2 years ago

Internet is a network, that is to say, it's hardware mostly. The content on the internet is shittier than ever, for sure. But, getting rid of the internet involves scrapping trillions of dollars worth of hardware.