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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The characteristic pattern: In authoritarian states, more influential internet service providers are predominantly state-owned, whereas in democracies they are largely privatized.

Uh-huh. As Edward Snowden showed us, the more neoliberal a country is the more free ๐Ÿ™„ And public infrastructure is socialism is when no iPhone.

Edit to add: See also Room 641A ยป NSA Leak Vindicates AT&T Whistleblower

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What gave you the impression that the US is not classified as an authoritarian state?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago