• @[email protected]
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    2 days ago

    The internet was developed by ARPA, then later made available to universities and eventually private connections. Military and public research developed the tech, capitalists figured out how to most efficiently sell junk using the tech.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness
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      12 days ago

      I mean yes, true, but it was capitalists who made smartphones and computers. I’ll just link my other reply here.

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        12 days ago

        but it was capitalists who made smartphones and computers

        Lately, capitalists of a very mercanitlist kind.