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Capitalism = Enshittification

Strictly speaking, the American military gave us the internet. But yes, the profit motive intervened and made it grubby in so many ways.

J. C. R. Licklider gave us the Internet by funneling large piles of Vietnam-era ARPA defense money to computer research of only tangential military value.

I was thinking this www.wired.com/story/tiktok...

Enshitification, absolutely!

Capitalism gave us rogaine and viagra, cooperation gave us the polio vaccine.

Restrict advertising, cap executive compensation, tax wealthy capital holders. It's a start. That the rich will resist. Keep alert for the moment they blink.

And viruses, malware, scams, etc

the military-industrial complex gave us the internet

Lately I tend to think that the internet open to the public has made more damage than benefit. I wonder how the world would be with an internet restricted to scientific collaboration and not much more, maybe just email and instant messages.

And Ukraine proved it wasn't just theorycrafting. Ukrainian defenders used the internet to maintain communications when the 2022 second invasion wave hit. It held and so did Ukraine.

From GOVERNMENT think tank credited for the good of the country, the People, SOCIETY (who the reich-wing says doesn't exist "only the individual" (if there's justice maggie burns forever)). Of-course elon didn't create anything... Pity he didn't die in the mines he probably never stepped foot in.