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The lesson is you can't pay the danegeld to make a problem go away - the only lasting solution is to get the power and sovereignty to do it yourself. Or as Kipl
by like_any_other 1mo ago
The lesson is you can't pay the danegeld to make a problem go away - the only lasting solution is to get the power and sovereignty to do it yourself. Or as Kipling put it - "But Iron – Cold Iron – is master of them all."
- HPsquared 1mo agoThen you have lobbyists, who perform the same function as advertisers. Those with power are the most ad-targeted of all.
- like_any_other 1mo ago'Power' in this case is hardware and software under your control.
- whateverboat 1mo agoPower in this case is the political power. There's no other power.
- ang_cire 1mo agoPolitical power grows from the barrel of a torrent client, in this case.
- readthenotes1 1mo agoICYMI, ang_cire is making a reference to "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" --Mao Zedong.
- like_any_other 1mo agoYes there is. It's much easier to enforce laws if everyone's electronics tattle on them, or if they are otherwise sabotaged, as with DRM, than if citizens have tools that answer to and obey only them. If there were no other power than political, we wouldn't need weapons to fight wars or rebellions.
- whateverboat 1mo agoweapons are a tool to wield political power.
- Obscurity4340 1mo agoHad to do this recently and buy a wireless HDMI adapter to stream to my own tv. The alternatives all need internet and its just not necessary or reliable and there has to be a reason they all want internet when its technically unnecessary