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Yeah he has had that impression on me as well. I remember soon after some of our collective activism succeeded against Facebook's "Free Basics" in India, most o
by fareesh 10y ago
Yeah he has had that impression on me as well. I remember soon after some of our collective activism succeeded against Facebook's "Free Basics" in India, most of us celebrated a win against what would have been a dangerous precedent against net neutrality.
Meanwhile, people like this guy tried to pass it off as if we were afraid of the big bad colonialist telling us to trust him. It was fairly disgusting to read, because it was implied as if we're incapable of forming intelligent opinions without bringing identity politics into the picture.
- statictype 10y agoMeanwhile, people like this guy tried to pass it off as if we were afraid of the big bad colonialist telling us to trust him Do you have a link? All I remember was a comment he made on Zuckerberg's post politely asking him to reconsider his approach and why it didn't work
- fareesh 10y agohttp://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/09/india-rejects-facebook-s-free-internet.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/09/india-rejec... FTA: “At a broad level, it might be useful to really, really reckon with the history of western corporate powers enforcing their desires on a broad swath of the Indian population, especially India’s poorest,” he suggested. “There are things that India, Indians (and those of us in the diaspora) place a very high value on, for historical reasons, that should be obvious with some thought. A colonialist ‘Trust us, it’s for your own benefit’ pitch is a hard sell with good reason.
- statictype 10y agoThanks for the link. I can see how you reached your conclusion but I didn't end up there after reading the bit you quoted. I think there's a more charitable take on what he said.
- anildash 10y agoThanks, I appreciate the measured reading.
- muglug 10y agoIt seemed innocent enough – you can talk about an issue with immediate technical and legal implications, while also entertaining a more epic framing of the discussion.