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Re:SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latenc... by anf on Friday November 18, 2016 @12:56AM (#12984679)
Oy, give it a break. Not everything is about this election, and you can't just blame the internet for it.

Yes, the internet allows people to be mis-informed if they don't care for being informed. Still, not being connected at all is basically equivalent to not being able to connect meaningfully with modern civilization. I literally don't know anyone who isn't connected to the internet. It's simply a prerequisite for modernity.

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Re:SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latenc... by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday November 18, 2016 @04:55AM (#12985599)
> Oy, give it a break. Not everything is about this election

Very true, but not relevant: as a rebutal to the statement that "you're overstating the effect of fringe communities", they do have a point.

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Re:SpaceX plans worldwide satellite Internet with low latenc... by nannal on Friday November 18, 2016 @04:18AM (#12985452)
Look I don't think you understand, the internet did this, so let's just shut it down and go home.

(Does anyone have a map?)

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