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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 Do you have a link? All I remember
by statictype 10y ago
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
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.