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How does cutting off Internet access across the board not dramatically hamper daily life and business? They must rely a lot less on it than we do in highly deve

• bellyfullofbac 5y ago
  Nowadays there's a new meme in the form of "Tell me you're X without telling me you're X". https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tell-me-without-telling-me https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tell-me-without-telling-me This is a good example of "Tell me you're a backwards country without telling me you're a backwards country." (if there's any insult meant, it's towards the leaders of that country bombing it to the stone age).
• ceejayoz 5y ago
  The country has been in a brutal civil war for a decade now, with something like half the population displaced from their homes. Internet's probably not on the top of the list of things you count on.
  • tbirdz 5y ago
    On the contrary, I think Internet access would be even more important in that kind of situation
    • hn8788 5y ago
      You can't eat internet access, or use internet access for shelter or self-defense, so it's probably not important for a lot of people.
      • tbirdz 5y ago
        No but you can use it to check news and current events, safety conditions, communicate with friends and family, and find information to help you survive better
      • bagacrap 5y ago
        you definitely can use it to learn about threats or to find shelter or food
  • paganel 5y ago
    Fortunately for them things seem to have entered in a status-quo that strongly resembles peace since the Battle of Aleppo ended (that was about 4 years ago) and more generally since the Syrian Army's latest offensive in Idlib was stalled by the Turkish troops (late 2019 - early 2020).