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Re:When your “public square” is a private company, any sulky billionai...
on Friday April 15, 2022 @01:21PM (#31042865)
I think the point sweetheart was making is that a sarcastic response without any counterpoint isn't productive. I don't think dcgudeman understood my comment without more context, but i was happy to provide that.
I'm just here to have interesting, productive conversations :)
Re:When your “public square” is a private company, any sulky billionai...
on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:51PM (#31042487)
I'm expressing how the privatization and capitalization of public spaces is as old as america itself -- as expressed in this early colonial poem -- and the Musk takeover of twitter is just another example.
Re:When your “public square” is a private company, any sulky billionai...
on Friday April 15, 2022 @12:00PM (#31041730)
"the law doth punish man or woman that steals the goose from off the common, but lets the greater felon loose that steals the common from the goose"
-17th-century poem
Still holds up.
Re:The Colorado Safety Stop is the law of the land
on Friday April 15, 2022 @11:51AM (#31041613)
Right - in most of the country our infrastructure and laws exist to basically only serve cars (most notably the idea of "jaywalking"). Glad steps are being taken in the interest of non-car transportation options.