#capitalism broke #computing and the #Internet, and it's tough to see how to repair the damage—and by the way, @TheDemocrats assisted in this destruction. @BillClinton's presidency was *disastrous* to technology.
the worst was this: capitalism made the #Internet a *joke*.
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the worst was this: capitalism made the #Internet a *joke*.
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it's still a joke. @mtaibbi and @jessesingal and @mattyglesias, and the rest of the elite "influencer" set who have proliferated in American #journalism (and polluted it), have assisted immensely in this massive _trivialization_ of a technological achievement.
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and for no other reason than right-wing spite: the @GOP is a party of hatreds and they *loathe* Sen. @algore, who would have made a much better President than the genocidal coke fiend from Connecticut/Texas. they associated "the Internet" with Sen. Gore, and spat on it.
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the @GOP / #conservative / #Christian set in America, the @pastorlocke and @JackPosobiec sort of person, lusts after the Internet the same way they lust for money: they grab as much Internet (and as much money) as possible, while castigating everyone else for being greedy.
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in typical Western doublethinkful fashion, we are supposed to regard the Internet as a joke AND we're supposed to entrust our Future to it. @elonmusk is a perfect example of what sort of human being gets the most out of this racket: #capitalism's vision for the #Internet.
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(oh, forgive me, Mr. @mtaibbi. I'll give the word "racket" back to you now. I know you're fond of it.)
considering the appalling state of the #Internet, it's safe to conclude that #capitalism really and truly has made a pig's breakfast of it.
the capitalists (like @pmarca and @elonmusk) wanted it both ways: they made the Internet both necessary *and* an elite plaything.
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the capitalists (like @pmarca and @elonmusk) wanted it both ways: they made the Internet both necessary *and* an elite plaything.
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@mtaibbi's banked his professional reputation (what's left of it) on pretending that the #TwitterFiles are the new Dreyfus affair—that is to say, a massive scandal exposing a vast corruption (cf. how Alfred Dreyfus revealed the noxious antisemitism in French society.)
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Mr. @mtaibbi thinks the #TwitterFiles are all important; he *also* thinks that @Twitter is a joke and he's probably hoping that @elonmusk chews it up and spits it out soon.
doublethink must seem like *magic*, to these people. they sprinkle it into everything.
~Mona Drafter
doublethink must seem like *magic*, to these people. they sprinkle it into everything.
~Mona Drafter
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