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> global internet this is a good time as any to remind that the vast majority of the world is under illiberal regimes and religious dictatorships and a "global
by LoSboccacc 7y ago
> global internet
this is a good time as any to remind that the vast majority of the world is under illiberal regimes and religious dictatorships and a "global internet governance" would outnumber free, liberal countries 2 to 1.
you'd need to start putting barriers and borders to the committee to avoid regime using it to steer the internet toward oppressive goals, and there's not one way of partitioning it that would make the whole thing politically acceptable by the countries making the cut and by those not making it. it'll become just another bargaining chip on the international political bickering, at which point competing business interest under a liberal constitution start to seem a more reasonable compromise.
- SiempreViernes 7y agoRight, so you mean everything outside "the west" never have any legitimate grievances and can thus be denied a voice in the name of protecting democracy? Further, ignoring the global nature of the internet when it comes to the governance of it seems simply unwise, and is very clearly a political decision in itself and not neutral. It is also clearly illiberal to explicitly deny agency to a multitude of affected stakeholders that have been allowed to join the network, despite their dirty track record.
- pwodhouse 7y agoIn a tyrannical country of 20milion people ruled by a dictator, giving the dictator agency doesn't help the 20million suppressed people. Never confuse a nation of people with its (often illegitimate) government