Propaganda, censorship, and surveillance are all attributes of monopoly

Re:Propaganda, censorship, and surveillance are all attribut... by roenxi on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @04:25AM (#24774404)

Things happen faster in the modern era. War in particular can happen very quickly now.

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Re:Propaganda, censorship, and surveillance are all attribut... by 082349872349872 on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @04:53AM (#24774564)

Under half an hour, depending upon where the boomers may be. But I've been reassured by HN that MAD is no longer a thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24662277

(Then again, assuming attacks these days are more likely economic than kinetic, it looks like it took two months, May-July 1997, to take down THB. The longest market manipulation of which I am aware lasted 5 years, but those were only a pair of billionaires, so presumably trillionaires' poker played between nation states might go longer until someone folds.)

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Re:Propaganda, censorship, and surveillance are all attribut... by dredmorbius on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @02:40PM (#24780038)

THB?

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Re:Propaganda, censorship, and surveillance are all attribut... by 082349872349872 on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @05:22PM (#24781770)

฿, thai baht. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Asian_financial_crisis#Th...

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Re:Propaganda, censorship, and surveillance are all attribut... by dredmorbius on Sunday October 18, 2020 @09:49PM (#24822706)

Thanks.

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