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“Delivering it to a cabal of multinational corporations” is the bad-faith interpretation that only works if you ignore almost everything written on the topic. A
by IAmEveryone 5y ago
“Delivering it to a cabal of multinational corporations” is the bad-faith interpretation that only works if you ignore almost everything written on the topic. And “cabal” happens to be an anti-semitic dogwhistle, although I’m sure its use here is just a coincidincle.
Here’s an example from Wikipedia: “ The final outcome of the Summit, the Tunis Agenda (2005), enshrined a particular type of multistakeholder model for Internet governance, in which, at the urging of the United States, the key function of administration and management of naming and addressing was delegated to the private sector (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN)”
And while ICANN gets criticism as any other organization, few argue the internet would be better served by direct control by any government.
The article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multistakeholder_governance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multistakeholder_governance, also explains the reasoning behind the idea. Basically, the world has become complicated, and governments are often not familiar with some situation, so they want to involve more of the people close to the issue on decision-making.
- hmsshagatsea 5y ago“Everything I don’t like is an alt-right dogwhistle”
- IAmEveryone 5y agoNo. I don't like cats. They're more like old-school fascists than alt-right.
- blueflow 5y agoThis attitude is insane, and i can't believe how many people on HN exhibit this. The US is going mad and we are watching it like a car crash in slow-motion.
- atatatat 5y ago> And “cabal” happens to be an anti-semitic dogwhistle, although I’m sure its use here is just a coincidincle. Really difficult to take anything else you're saying seriously alongside this.