colintrax wrote:
Toolmaker, it seems we both agree the Internet is already awful. But somehow you think giving more people room to fuck it up ...more
colintrax wrote:
Toolmaker, it seems we both agree the Internet is already awful. But somehow you think giving more people room to fuck it up is good?? Ya know not everything the government does is bad. I like my public land, paved roads, and employee protections. Maybe you'd be better off in a different country, I heard you can avoid the government pretty good in the amazon. Join a tribe down there and be your own man. Lots of face paint and ya ain't gotta wear pants.
"But somehow you think giving more people room to fuck it up is good??" Yea, no.
I think a few companies already have the means to do everything everyone is complaining about.
Maybe if we heard this big of a shit storm about how we are being manipulated by a select few
companies I'd join the chorus. But it just seems everyone is saying XYZ is going to happen when
in fact it already is. Didn't google just block Amazon customers from watching youtube?
As far as politicians go, their only job is to get re-elected, and they are pretty damn good at it.
It's funny you bring up the roads. Here in CA, one party has a "super majority" and can pass anything
they want. They just passed a "new gas tax" to "fix the roads" it doesn't matter that they already claim
money from gas sales to fix the roads but divert it to the "general fund". But no, we need more money.
So the new tax money is just now being found out how it will get spent. Guess what, only 10% will go to
roadways, and of that 10% NONE of it will go to fix any of the roads that the cars use but to implement
bicycle lanes. Yep, you just keep patting those government folks on the back for such a great job.
While I believe we need government and infrastructure. I do believe we can do better.
Hey where is that place? I kinda like the idea of no pants