> the government wants to cut us off from the rest of the world, that would make them happy
Chinas ability to manufacture and sell hinges critically on internet connectivity. Of all the sanctions that would be effective I think an internet blockade is one of the more practical and effective ones.
Re:GitHub under ongoing DDoS attack
by seanmcdirmid on Sunday March 29, 2015 @07:29AM
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I don't think they would be too concerned about an internet blockade, it would work to their advantage EVEN if it would hurt the economy and make a lot of the people's lives harder. That they could blame the "imperialist westerners" for this means that they can easily deflect any dissent outwards (as often happens in hard times...e.g. see the most recent anti-Japanese protests).
Let's just please not go there.
Highly same-minded swarm at this size is very dangerous. The controller is using it for its own purpose. The best strategy might be waiting for the swarm loosing it's basic power supply and falling apart. But this would affect the world economy as well, especially after 2007.
Think about it: the government wants to cut us off from the rest of the world, that would make them happy, but would PISS a lot of people off. Anyways, if the westerners did it for the Chinese government, the people would be angry at them rather than the government...
If you try to complain to China Telecom about not being able to access Facebook, they already blame it Facebook since none of these sites are "officially" blocked. This would just play into that lie big time.