Our experience of the internet is increasingly controlled by a handful of firms, most especially Google and Facebook.
In the United States, your experience of the internet is far more controlled by Comcast and one or two other ISPs than it is by Google and Facebook. I can easily avoid using Google or Facebook, but in many areas, there are no practical alternatives to Comcast.
I would argue that having a very few companies controlling access to the internet is what leads to the primacy of Google and Facebook, not the other way around.
The default state of the internet was net neutrality, from the time of its inception. Giving control over to a cable company will turn the internet into cable television, and trust me, you don't want that.
Pushing people like Styx out of polite society is pushing them to the support the far right
First, he was never pushed out of polite society. He made up a ban on YouTube to drive more views to his videos. How is lying about having your YouTube channel banned any different from pretending you got maced by ANTIFA?
Second, I can't believe you accept the "SJWs turned me into a nazi" argument at face value.
There's AntiFa commies on the left and Alt Right fascists on the right.
The main difference is that alt-right fascists have committed murder. That you try to draw a moral equivalent between people who fight fascism and people who want to put Jews in ovens says everything about how you have eroded, ethically.
GamerGate was just a bunch of people who play video games getting in a fight with tech journalists
No, GamerGate was a group that targeted people for harassment and very comfortably turned to fascism and nazism and far-right fever dreams when they got tired of their targets.
It was just another right-wing YouTube freak pretending to be persecuted by the SJWs, like the guy who sprayed himself in the face with Axe body spray, pretending it was Antifa attacking him with bear spray and then laid down on the ground pouring milk on his face and crying like a wee bitch.
The rents are much more reasonable in a nuclear disaster fallout zone, but it's very hard to get a pint of London Pride bitter.
So it's probably best to stick with London, unless you're a Tory or UKIP nonce, in which case the nuclear disaster fallout zone is a far better choice, since you won't find as many SJWs there and you can be among your own kind. We're offering a free tube of sunscreen if you decide to move. We'll even drive you to the train.
Can someone please translate this shit into English?
Yes. The new AMD chip will have great performance, but only if you're on the planets Xen or Vega.
If you're on Earth, it's real-world performance is sort of meh, but it gives off so much heat you can use it as a high-tech George Foreman grill.
You can hear my entire review of the new AMD chips, including the flagship Ryzen Pantyripper, but you have to go subscribe to my YouTube channel and enter the promotion code, "SatanicHexen666Manbaby".
You will also like my viral videos, Why Soya Can Give You Bitch Tits, Why Women Don't Deserve Me, and, Why Roy Moore Is Basically Jesus In A Cowboy Hat.
Be sure to stop at my Patreon page and give me money, because I tell you what the Lamestream Media won't.
100 years ago the Italians were fighting ob the same side as the French and British, against Germany and Austria Although a couple decades later they were on the same side as the Germans, until we invaded them.
Italians had a developed republican form of government when Americans were still painting their bodies and worshiping the Sun.
The United States is said to be a "Christian" nation. The Italians had a rich, developed civilization a millennium before Christ was born.
Serious question here. What's the difference between these arguments? 1. You shouldn't ban BitTorrent. It's just a protocol. Just because some people use it to steal digital content doesn't mean BitTorrent is inherently bad. 2. You shouldn't ban guns. It's just a device. Just because some people use it to kill innocents doesn't mean guns are inherently bad.
Well, that's easy. The first results in people downloading movies and television shows.
The second results in thousands and thousands of dead people every year. I would say that's a pretty substantial difference.
they haven't busted their Unions like they have over here in the States. Unions are basically dead here. How did Europe pull that off?
Europe has been around a lot longer than the US. They know their history and they've seen it all. Revolutions where rich people have their heads cut off. Cities burning. Right-wing fascists marching in the streets and burning people in ovens. They've seen feudalism first-hand.
Here in the US, people are still naive enough to believe what their leaders tell them and there's still enough of the Puritan/Calvinist mythology to make people believe that rich people are the "elect" and will do the moral thing.
Here in the US, we've been trained to believe that the aggregation of capital is a wondrous and magical thing, but the aggregation of labor is some satanic Maoist plot to destroy society.
The Constitution chooses one particular way. How can you be certain that a different way of interpreting that voice of the people would be better for the country?
The last two Republican presidents both became president after losing the popular vote. At some point, it calls into question the "consent of the governed".
Further, more Americans voted for Democratic candidates for Congress than Republicans. Yet, Congress is controlled by Republicans. Gerrymandering, voter suppression, electoral college. Do you see a pattern emerging? And now the person President Trump has appointed to head the census (which governs the distribution of congressional and electoral seats) a man who is a committed believer in voter "caging" and gerrymandering, "for the good of the country".
We've reached a point where the institutions established in the Constitution have been perverted to a degree making them impossible to recognize as elements of a free and just society. Elections no longer matter. The will of the people no longer matters. It is a Potemkin democracy.
so there are no poor people in the big cities??? I swear pope the things you say sound more insane everytime i read them
There are, but not to the extent of the red states. Here is a list of the 100 poorest counties in the United States. Not one of them is anywhere near what you would call a "big city".
Slashdot Mirror
In the United States, your experience of the internet is far more controlled by Comcast and one or two other ISPs than it is by Google and Facebook. I can easily avoid using Google or Facebook, but in many areas, there are no practical alternatives to Comcast.
I would argue that having a very few companies controlling access to the internet is what leads to the primacy of Google and Facebook, not the other way around.
The default state of the internet was net neutrality, from the time of its inception. Giving control over to a cable company will turn the internet into cable television, and trust me, you don't want that.
First, he was never pushed out of polite society. He made up a ban on YouTube to drive more views to his videos. How is lying about having your YouTube channel banned any different from pretending you got maced by ANTIFA?
Second, I can't believe you accept the "SJWs turned me into a nazi" argument at face value.
The main difference is that alt-right fascists have committed murder. That you try to draw a moral equivalent between people who fight fascism and people who want to put Jews in ovens says everything about how you have eroded, ethically.
No, GamerGate was a group that targeted people for harassment and very comfortably turned to fascism and nazism and far-right fever dreams when they got tired of their targets.
Not true. I have an exclusive contract with George Soros.
No, his channel is still there.
https://www.youtube.com/user/S...
It was just another right-wing YouTube freak pretending to be persecuted by the SJWs, like the guy who sprayed himself in the face with Axe body spray, pretending it was Antifa attacking him with bear spray and then laid down on the ground pouring milk on his face and crying like a wee bitch.
https://www.dailydot.com/uncli...
The rents are much more reasonable in a nuclear disaster fallout zone, but it's very hard to get a pint of London Pride bitter.
So it's probably best to stick with London, unless you're a Tory or UKIP nonce, in which case the nuclear disaster fallout zone is a far better choice, since you won't find as many SJWs there and you can be among your own kind. We're offering a free tube of sunscreen if you decide to move. We'll even drive you to the train.
Yes. The new AMD chip will have great performance, but only if you're on the planets Xen or Vega.
If you're on Earth, it's real-world performance is sort of meh, but it gives off so much heat you can use it as a high-tech George Foreman grill.
You can hear my entire review of the new AMD chips, including the flagship Ryzen Pantyripper, but you have to go subscribe to my YouTube channel and enter the promotion code, "SatanicHexen666Manbaby".
You will also like my viral videos, Why Soya Can Give You Bitch Tits, Why Women Don't Deserve Me, and, Why Roy Moore Is Basically Jesus In A Cowboy Hat.
Be sure to stop at my Patreon page and give me money, because I tell you what the Lamestream Media won't.
Oh, it's capitalism all right. It's what happens to capitalism just before it dies.
Karl Marx predicted this in the 19th century.
I agree. If we start executing billionaires, after a few the rest will start to behave better.
Late-stage capitalism is when you can't afford the rope to hang yourself, but your #MAGA hat is subsidized.
In other news...
The guy who Trump picked to head Health and Human Services tripled the price of insulin when he was CEO of Eli Lilly. After the drug's patent expired.
https://www.thenation.com/arti...
2015
Speak for yourself.
Italians had a developed republican form of government when Americans were still painting their bodies and worshiping the Sun.
The United States is said to be a "Christian" nation. The Italians had a rich, developed civilization a millennium before Christ was born.
Clearly. The word "innocents" is the giveaway. To Republicans, the only "innocents" are unborn fetuses and pedophiles.
Well, that's easy. The first results in people downloading movies and television shows.
The second results in thousands and thousands of dead people every year. I would say that's a pretty substantial difference.
Europe has been around a lot longer than the US. They know their history and they've seen it all. Revolutions where rich people have their heads cut off. Cities burning. Right-wing fascists marching in the streets and burning people in ovens. They've seen feudalism first-hand.
Here in the US, people are still naive enough to believe what their leaders tell them and there's still enough of the Puritan/Calvinist mythology to make people believe that rich people are the "elect" and will do the moral thing.
Here in the US, we've been trained to believe that the aggregation of capital is a wondrous and magical thing, but the aggregation of labor is some satanic Maoist plot to destroy society.
Unlike you, I have been to Bulgaria. Good luck with setting up a giant Amazon warehouse there.
Anyway, Amazon's whole strategy is in putting their warehouses closer to customers, not further away.
Why do you think they're trying to kill net neutrality?
Your internet is about to become the equivalent of cable TV. You will have freedom to choose, within a very specific set of parameters.
A non-neutral net is not just good for the internet's gatekeepers. It's also good for an authoritarian regime.
...Bitcoin legalizes you.
That's why my wife keeps locking up the bourbon.
The last two Republican presidents both became president after losing the popular vote. At some point, it calls into question the "consent of the governed".
Further, more Americans voted for Democratic candidates for Congress than Republicans. Yet, Congress is controlled by Republicans. Gerrymandering, voter suppression, electoral college. Do you see a pattern emerging? And now the person President Trump has appointed to head the census (which governs the distribution of congressional and electoral seats) a man who is a committed believer in voter "caging" and gerrymandering, "for the good of the country".
We've reached a point where the institutions established in the Constitution have been perverted to a degree making them impossible to recognize as elements of a free and just society. Elections no longer matter. The will of the people no longer matters. It is a Potemkin democracy.
When you say "grown by", do you mean the people who own the farms or the people who actually do the work?
There are, but not to the extent of the red states. Here is a list of the 100 poorest counties in the United States. Not one of them is anywhere near what you would call a "big city".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
People in Alabama support pedophiles. Why should I want them to set any agenda for anyone anywhere?
The vast majority of my food comes from California, within a few hundred miles of where I'm sitting now.
You have a point.
Although I would have appreciated it if you'd provided a link to videos of snakebites and mango worms.