So maybe that dual power needs to involve some dual infrastructure, yeah?

Start a mutual aid group who fronts as a tech support collective and gradually install mesh routers and nextcloud instances throughout your neighborhood to make it redundant in case of internet “outages”

  • blobjim [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The U.S government couldn’t even get people to stay inside for 2 weeks

    Uhh, they never wanted people to do that. The US government can get people to go along with all kinds of things. And it doesn't matter anyways because the scenario in which they'd do that is one where it doesn't matter how much people support it.

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      And they'd never want to shut down the internet for similar reasons. It's far too valuable for capital to shut down even in an emergency.

      • dro_away [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I think during the kind of unrest that necessitates shutting down mass telecommunications, generating revenue isn't really feasible.

        Nobody's got their finger on the trigger, but it's clearly on their minds...