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Re:The First Credit Card Ever (2016) by billfruit on Monday December 23, 2019 @07:38AM (#21863241)
If it comes that people are going to starve because internet is cut, then governments would not decide to cut internet on so light grounds.
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Re:The First Credit Card Ever (2016) by Mountain_Skies on Monday December 23, 2019 @07:49AM (#21863288)
Wholesale, yes, but targeted harassment of groups out of political favor would be possible.
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Re:The First Credit Card Ever (2016) by scarface74 on Monday December 23, 2019 @09:47AM (#21863887)
Most of the governments that would cut internet don’t care of the ordinary people starve as long as they can keep the military - ie the people who can either kill them or protect them fed.

This is also the reason that sanctions don’t work.

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Re:The First Credit Card Ever (2016) by billfruit on Sunday December 29, 2019 @10:54AM (#21906484)
Well internationally I suppose, people starving will prompt stronger reactions, that people merely lacking internet connectivity.
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