wavebeam@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•The internet is worse than it used to be. How did we get here, and can we go back?English
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2 days agoI really hate to argue in favor of all those scary things, but with those things in the old west came education and improvements to quality of life; better protections for the vulnerable and cures and prevention of disease.
Same could be said of the internet if we follow the analogy.
I think the analogy holds. Communities destroyed in favor of the powerful’s whims