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By who? Are you blaming locals who want to use Starlink, or the incumbent monopoly that's likely twisting arms behind the scenes to ensure it retains the strang

By who? Are you blaming locals who want to use Starlink, or the incumbent monopoly that's likely twisting arms behind the scenes to ensure it retains the stranglehold on communications to the islands?

roenxi 2y ago
> ...twisting arms behind the scenes... Falkland Islands, pop 3,600 [0] - can they sustain a "behind the scenes"? The Chinese National People's Congress is around 3,000 members. A bit of net emigration and the Falklands would be smaller than a legislative body. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands
- pjc50 2y ago
  It's much easier to sustain corruption in a small community. The current setup will be personally beneficial to someone.
  - roenxi 2y ago
    In the sense that island communities are invariably quirky and the sexual abuse tends to be off the charts bad, sure. But nothing is happening behind the scenes. There isn't enough else to gossip about and people can't hide their wealth or stay off the radar. It isn't really possible to fight the community on an island that small. If a lynch mob forms it could potentially include the entire 10 people in the police force and nobody saw nuttin'. Corrupt, but overt.
- thaumasiotes 2y ago
  > The Chinese National People's Congress is around 3,000 members. A bit of net emigration and the Falklands would be smaller than a legislative body. That's not really a great example; the reason 人民代表大会 can be so big is that the legislative decisions it formalizes are mostly made elsewhere.
- School-Cotton 2y ago
  The Chinese National People’s Congress isn’t a legislative body, it’s a pastiche of one.
benatkin 2y ago
This monopoly seems to be preventing unexpected changes. Maybe better Internet would cause it to turn into a digital nomad paradise, which would cause more demand for visiting or living there, and that in turn would cause greater tension in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_d...

roenxi 2y ago

> ...twisting arms behind the scenes... Falkland Islands, pop 3,600 [0] - can they sustain a "behind the scenes"? The Chinese National People's Congress is around 3,000 members. A bit of net emigration and the Falklands would be smaller than a legislative body. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands

pjc50 2y ago
It's much easier to sustain corruption in a small community. The current setup will be personally beneficial to someone.
- roenxi 2y ago
  In the sense that island communities are invariably quirky and the sexual abuse tends to be off the charts bad, sure. But nothing is happening behind the scenes. There isn't enough else to gossip about and people can't hide their wealth or stay off the radar. It isn't really possible to fight the community on an island that small. If a lynch mob forms it could potentially include the entire 10 people in the police force and nobody saw nuttin'. Corrupt, but overt.
thaumasiotes 2y ago
> The Chinese National People's Congress is around 3,000 members. A bit of net emigration and the Falklands would be smaller than a legislative body. That's not really a great example; the reason 人民代表大会 can be so big is that the legislative decisions it formalizes are mostly made elsewhere.
School-Cotton 2y ago
The Chinese National People’s Congress isn’t a legislative body, it’s a pastiche of one.

benatkin 2y ago

This monopoly seems to be preventing unexpected changes. Maybe better Internet would cause it to turn into a digital nomad paradise, which would cause more demand for visiting or living there, and that in turn would cause greater tension in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_d...