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because the government somehow lost its ability to execute any meaningful project especially under time constraints
by option 2y ago
because the government somehow lost its ability to execute any meaningful project especially under time constraints
- svnt 2y agoIt is weird what happens when you privatize so much and then find out too late it isn’t profitable for companies to have fleets of emergency internet blimps primed and ready to go 24/7.
- catlikesshrimp 2y agoThe only mobile provider in Costa Rica was government owned, hugely profitable, subsidized internet and landlines, and was mandated to provide internet to every single citizen. In urban areas, they had to make sure every single house had mobile coverage. And courts made them comply. Then came the US around year 2002 and forced the country to a free market, and paradise was lost. Everything is US level now (more expensive, better service is even more expensive, nothing is guaranteed, you get bombarded by advertisements, and other spam types) and the company can no longer provide universal coverage and is now operating at a loss.
- breakingrules3 2y ago[flagged]
- chgs 2y agoThere’s a reason the US has the largest economy in the world. It’s modern colonialism.
- FredPret 2y agoOh yeah. All of the 25 000 000 000 000 dollars the US generates a year is vacuumed right out of the palm trees of the third world.
- chgs 2y agoIt relies almost entirely on the massive US might, military, cultural, diplomatic.
- FredPret 2y agoThe US is kicking butt because it has 330 million people, most with a very high human development index (HDI), all together in one country with an extremely effective and pro-business culture. All the rest flows out of this.
- hollerith 2y agoI marvel at how confused some people are to actually believe that Americans are rich because they steal wealth from other peoples. Amazing! The US does meddle a lot with other countries, but the main motive IMHO is usually either to further some misguided ideological program or to keep Americans safe (kind of like how Russia's interference in Ukraine these days is motivated by a desire to keep Russians safe in future decades) not to extract wealth.
- FredPret 2y agoThe poor world simply does not have enough wealth / resources / GDP to “supply” the rich world, especially the US, with its ridiculous levels of wealth so that argument falls flat right out the gate. US meddling is, as you say, a function of them already having a ton of money and trying to use it to pursue their foreign policy.
- aguaviva 2y ago(kind of like how Russia's interference in Ukraine these days is motivated by a desire to keep Russians safe in future decades) Well, that's the motivation it pretends/claims to have in any case. But you're right in that its pretenses/delusions are very similar to the US's in this regard.
- pkaye 2y agoDid Costa Rica get an IMF loan around that time?
- catlikesshrimp 2y agoBack then, Costa Rica was nothing like other American countries, a single loan wasn't a very effective lever. This was the lever: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic%E2%80%93Central_America_Free_Trade_Agreement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic%E2%80%93C...
- internetblimp 2y agohttps://www.domusweb.it/en/sustainable-cities/gallery/2023/11/14/the-gigantic-founder-of-google-sergey-brin-new-generation-travel.html https://www.domusweb.it/en/sustainable-cities/gallery/2023/1... funny cause sergey is building exactly that - private companies for the win :)
- svnt 2y agoSo someone who doesn’t need to make money is building blimps to revolutionize air transport and you are proposing that company is going to then halt business during storms and travel to and float over hurricane recovery areas?
- internetblimp 2y agoyep exactly. he has stated (as the article does) that delivering humanitarian aid to disaster areas is one of the main goals
- svnt 2y agoI can see either a philanthropic/vanity project or (maybe? very optimistically?) a profitable business, but not both. Areas in need of humanitarian aid provided by airships is a too-small niche to (re-)develop entirely new flight technology. Geeks like blimps, and they need a story, that is all that is.
- internetblimp 2y agoalso read their 1 sentence mission statement ltaresearch.com
- Spooky23 2y agoMore like because people ignorant of issues find it easier to chirp about why everyone is stupid. The government has agreements in place with all of the carriers to reestablish cellular communications. The first phases are around emergency communications for first responders and recovery. The next priority is restoring power to light up recoverable infrastructure. There a plan, and the people coordinating this stuff are good at what they are doing. That doesn’t mean your uncle will be back watching Netflix - the priority is restoring basic services so that you get closer to normal quickly.
- mezeek 2y agounless, you know, it's about blowing stuff up