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The internet is not a privilege. It's a thing that exists.
by pikachu_is_cool 13y ago
The internet is not a privilege. It's a thing that exists.
- gress 13y agoThe internet is not a thing. It's a set of relationships between machines, themselves owned by people. These relationships and the ownership of the machines are privileges granted by the government.
- pikachu_is_cool 13y agoUhhhhhh..... LOL
- gress 13y agoYeah - I know it's hard to grasp the idea that property and contracts are constructs of the state and not laws of the universe.
- pikachu_is_cool 13y agoI get it, man. The government enforces property rights. You don't have to say it 5,000 times.
- gress 13y agoI only had to say it so many times because it defeats your argument and you acted as though it doesn't.
- pikachu_is_cool 13y agoProperty rights are a privilege. Intellectual property rights are a privilege. The internet is slowly getting rid of intellectual property rights via piracy and free software. That's my argument, and what you said does not "defeat" it, or whatever.