166. Slumlords of the Internet (ft. Ben Tarnoff)
This Machine Kills
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The Threat of a Good Example
The broad band cartel fears less the near term loss of market share than the long term threat of a good example. And i think this is really key here as well, where this is not just like pie in the sky kind of stuff. You know, these municipal networks, these form co operatives. They are trying to crowd out actually radical projects and and initiativesa because they fear that longterm threat of aGood example. But you know, we can also see web three aso, quite intentionally, aping this language of democracy and decentralization to present an alternative,. but to only do so in a way that reinforces that political economy, reinforces those divides and reinforces the position of people already
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