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I think the main issue that has allowed the likes of Google and Facebook to grow to a dangerous size is the ability to scale globally with minimal resistance fr
by majani 8y ago
I think the main issue that has allowed the likes of Google and Facebook to grow to a dangerous size is the ability to scale globally with minimal resistance from other countries. As time goes by, I start to realize that China's great firewall may have had some visionary thinking behind it, and other countries may follow suit in future to enable their citizens to take part in the digital revolution.
- obenn 8y agoThe issue is that the firewall protects the interests of a political regime instead of a capitalist one. It is a complicated topic but I see decentralized technologies as a more viable way of preserving digital freedom.
- WC3w6pXxgGd 8y agoDid you seriously just praise the authoritarian control of information in China?
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- jshowa3 8y agoAs someone who has been to China. This is the worst part about going there. Try finding or enjoying anything online where half the sites are blocked.
- dasil003 8y agoI don’t think anyone would argue the GFW is not visionary, the question is what kind of vision?
- balozi 8y agoI'm sorry, but yours is supremely paternalistic analysis borne of a believe that your fellow citizens are too stupid to have agency or act in their own interests. And there is nothing visionary about China's great firewall since aristocrats have been trying to control the surfs since time immemorial by controlling communication. There is a reason antebellum slave owners did not want their slaves to learn how to read.
- macintux 8y ago> aristocrats have been trying to control the surfs This humorous typo brought to mind the anecdote of King Canute and the tide.
- balozi 8y agoHehehe...yeah, happens sometimes. Thanks for catching that, fellow serf.
- majani 8y agoAs much as the great firewall has been used for censorship, it has also been used to protect the flow of capital in the digital space. Countless jobs and wealth have been created in what are essentially clones of global tech giants built for the China market.