alt Hacker NewsHow cunning and evil it is that America funded the internet and then allowed it to spread around the world.
If you're worried about "absolute control over digital systems", notice how many standards get published describing how those digital systems work -- you're welcome to reimplement them if you'd like more control.
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lawlessone • yesterday at 8:52 PM
The Roman Empire built lots of roads wherever they went and the British Empire built lots of rail networks.
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“allowed” is doing a hell of a lot of work for monopoly capitalism backed by us state diplomacy
you may want to read this book about the military history of the internet originating in counter insurgency strategy in vietnam.
https://www.amazon.com/Surveillance-Valley-Military-History-...
another way to look at american internet penetration is as “radio free asia dot com”