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crossroadsguytoday at 3:24 AM1 replyview on HN

Such an irony that there are two sides trying to control the Internet in their own lovely ways and in the end it's the people who will have to suffer one way or the other. But I do think countries around the world should have a hard look at how the Internet is, even today, de facto controlled by the US. Take ".com" and ".net" domains for example. Like there are efforts underway to get away from SWIFT (and hopefully one day USD as well), this should be independent. In a way, at least in the long term, this US administration might be a net positive for the world at least in the term of depolarisation. Or maybe the focal points will shift from existing ones to new ones.


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IAmGraydontoday at 5:27 AM

You think you want US influence to weaken, but you may feel very differently should it happen. There is a lot you’re taking for granted.