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Unfortunately, “society” doesn’t control most of the value of anything. The monopolists do.

So the only really valuable kind of art is the art that can be used for speculation and money laundering.

It sparked from me wondering who’s this “they” OP was referencing to. Pretty much impossible to pinpoint.

And then, I associated that with “us vs them” rhetoric lines. I didn’t even accuse OP of anything.

I just wrote what that shower though made me think about. Maybe it was just another shower thought.

I agree wholeheartedly. :)

My commentary was an observation about “us vs them” way of reasoning, only.

I’m happy for your lemmy karma success!

I definitely do. Wikipedia is amazing.

But. Unfortunately, everything is political: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-security-wikipedia-idUSN1642896020070816

My point wasn’t even judging Wikipedia. I just think “us vs them” is a horrible framework for reasoning.

You got 1000 upvotes. At that scale everything is a political statement. 🎉

Nazis, terrorists and/or communists. In abstract, no definition or distinction. Just don’t think about it too much.

“They” will fit one of these. But for sure, trust “us”, because we’re definitely not either of these.

Any argument based on “us vs them” is flawed by default.

As if the government wasn’t controlled by probate lobbyists.

Blame goes to private interests being allowed to influence public decision makers, in my opinion. Infrastructure companies should not be for-profit companies.

They already do restrict you from using lemmy by charging full Internet price for it, and allowing special free data plans for Facebook.

Net neutrality matters.

Reddit is the web we built. And fuck u/spez decided to give it away for money.

I miss Aaron Swartz and the open web. Let’s rebuilt it again, on better foundations!